?Liquids can interact with flat surfaces just as they can with capillary tubes; the
Chapter 11, Problem 11.35(choose chapter or problem)
Liquids can interact with flat surfaces just as they can with capillary tubes; the cohesive forces within the liquid can be stronger or weaker than the adhesive forces between liquid and surface:
(a) In which of these diagrams, i or ii, do the adhesive forces between surface and liquid exceed the cohesive forces within the liquid?
(b) Which of these diagrams, i or ii, represents what happens when water is on a nonpolar surface?
(c) Which of these diagrams, i or ii, represents what happens when water is on a polar surface?
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