THE first edition of this useful volume was reviewed in the issue of NATURE for July 8, 1915 (vol. xcv., p. 506), when the scope of the book was described. The present edition has been enlarged by the ...

Researchers have shown that surface tension on a solid material is unconnected to the energy required to create a new surface. Consequently, surface tension on a solid does not exist in its ...

The quantification of attractive intermolecular forces within a solid provides its surface energy - an analogous value to a liquid’s surface tension. Surface energy is a key property of a particulate ...

Researchers have uncovered a dynamic mechanism that governs how liquid escapes from foams, overturning long-standing assumptions in soft-matter physics.

In its most basic form, surface tension is the tendency of liquids to bead up rather than spread out because they are more attracted to themselves (cohesion) than they are attracted to other things, ...

Researchers from North Carolina State University have demonstrated a technique that allows them to produce streams of liquid metal at room temperature. By applying a low voltage to the liquid metal, ...

Introduction Have you ever noticed on a rainy day how water forms droplets on a window? Why does it do that instead of spreading out evenly over the whole surface? You might not guess it but this ...

Check out this video demo: So, that is just plain water. If I am careful, I can make that thin aluminum disk stay on the surface of the water. This is not the same as floating in Archimedes principle.

THE appearance of this book, following close on that of a similar work by Michaelis, is a welcome sign of the increasing interest now taken in this subject. The distribution of matter and energy at ...