Surface Tension

PIRA classification 2A

Grayed Demos are either not available or haven't been built yet

2A10. Force of Surface Tension

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2A10.10

soap film pullup

A soap film pulls a sliding wire up a "U" shaped frame.

2A10.11

sliding wire

A sliding wire frame film with a spring on one end and a string pull on the other shows that tension does not increase with length.

2A10.15

submerged float

A cork and lead device floats with a wire ring above the surface. Push the ring below the surface and it remains until soap is added to reduce the surface tension.

2A10.20

floating metals

Float needles, paperclips, rings of wire, etc. on water.

2A10.21

floating metal sheet

Float a sheet of metal on the surface of distilled water and add weights until the metal sinks.

2A10.25

leaky boats

Try to float several large (one foot long) flat bottomed boats made of different screen material or aluminum with different size holes. A screen boat, razor blade, or small metal boat with a large hole all float on water.

2A15. Minimal Surface

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2A20. Capillary Action

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2A30. Surface Tension Propulsion

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