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What does surface tension mean?

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Noun
  1. (physics) the effect on the surface of a liquid that makes it behave as a stretched elastic membrane; it is caused by unbalanced intermolecular forces
  2. (physics) a measure of this effect
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If you dope it afterward, surface tension takes the particles back to a spherical shape.
When there are stronger intermolecular forces between the molecules of a liquid, the surface tension should be greater.
This is because a certain number of molecules are needed to adsorb at the surface to affect the surface tension.
In order to obtain good printability, it is necessary for the ink and the substrate to have compatible surface tension and surface energy levels.
Combined treatment has the added bonus of smaller particle size, more globularity, and lesser surface tension.
The setup is currently upgraded by the simultaneous measurement of the surface tension of the interface.

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