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When droplets of mercury are brought in contact, they immediately combine to form a bigger drop. Why ? Is the temperature of the bigger drop the same, or more, or less than the temperature of the droplets?

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Due to high cohesive force among mercury molecules, temperature of bigger drop will be greater because of decrease in surface energy caused due to decrase in surface area.
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