Special Attributes of Water: Adhesive, Cohesive, Surface Tension, Heat Capacity

The cohesive forces between liquid molecules are responsible for the phenomenon known as surface tension. With Surface tension molecules at the surface do not have other like molecules on all sides of them and consequently they cohere more strongly to those directly associated with them on the surface. This forms a surface with a type of film barrier that makes it more difficult to move an object through the surface than to move it when it is completely submersed or slightly more difficult to break through the surface.
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