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What causes surface tension in water?
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What causes surface tension in water?

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Cohesive interactions between the molecules in the liquid.
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Surface tension forms because of water's cohesive property which results from hydrogen bonding and water's polarity. In cohesion, water molecules bond together and require a substantial amount of energy to break thus creating a high surface tension.
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