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Please help im stuck! Paper clips are more dense than water. However, it’s possible to make them float. What property of water allows this? How does this property relate to the molecular structure of water?
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Paper clips are more dense than water. However, it’s possible to make them float. What property of water allows this? How does this property relate to the molecular structure of water?
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its basically like a barrier same way and ant is able to walk on water it distributes it weight evenly on the water surface so it doesnt break the water tension same thing applies with a paper chip place it so it doesnt break the waters tension and itll float idk if this helped you understand
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Surface Tension. Molecules on the surface experience cohesion, this means molecules that are the same material stick together.
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