Sunday, April 30, 2017

physical chemistry - What is the opposite of a surfactant?


Surfactants decrease surface tension between two fluids. What do you call a substance that increases the surface tension between two fluids? How is this effect acheived?





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periodic trends - Comparing radii in lithium, beryllium, magnesium, aluminium and sodium ions

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