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Tension
Ashwin C. Atre ‘09
Department of Chemical Engineering
Partial charges of hydrogen bonding give water its remarkable sticky and elastic properties on display. The surface tension of the water droplet above the coin shapes a seemingly impossible, yet beautiful and almost magical form. The droplet clings on to the edges of the metal until the intermolecular forces are no longer strong enough to resist the force of gravity.