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  3. Why are small drops of a liquid spherical ?

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  10. Surface tension of the liquid is the property by virtue of which the f...

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  11. Surface tension is a .

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  17. Among all the molecules of a liquid a molecule on the surface has .

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  18. Surface tension mainly arise due to .

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