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Small drops of mercury are found to assume a spherical shape. Why?

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Small drops of mercury are found to assume a spherical shape. This is due to surface of the globule being in a state of tension tries to contract and present the smallest area of surface. For a given volume, the sphere has the minimum surface area.
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