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If water had no polarity, life as we know it could not exist, so the mess in your apt would be the least of your troubles

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we probably would have no troubles at all

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95 points

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i wonder how many actors they went through to film that commercial.

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If y’all have worked with silicone oil, yea it works kinda like this (depending on viscosity).

It creeps up out of containers, it creeps up walls. It gets everywhere.

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32 points

nods like sand

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14 points

I swear that shit must have negative surface tension with how much it gets everywhere

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A two micrometer thick layer of water would evaporate nearly instantaneously, I’d think.

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Without surface tension, water would evaporate much faster in general. Probably could set out a cup of water in the morning and it would be gone by bedtime.

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Your own body would basically be a fog cloud of evaporation all day until you were dehydrated like a skeleton in a salt flat, which is exactly what you would be, since no life anywhere could exist.

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14 points

Especially if there were weaker intermolecular forces (which normally give it surface tension).

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You could even mop it up by placing the mop in the middle of the room and just wait.

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If there were no surface tension there would almost definitely be no wicking action either. If it didn’t evaporate super quickly, water without surface tension would probably be a giant pain in the ass to clean up.

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Surface tension and surface energy are related but different. The surface energy of the interface between water and air causes surface tension. The surface energy of the interface between water and mop fibers causes wicking.

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69 points

Look at this guy bragging about his level floors. Smh

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Hmm i think that would actually be better as the water where basically non existent caus it’s so spread out. It would just instantly evaporate no?

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Basic gas mechanics or whatever that’s called is now out the window. You are breathing raccoon pee.

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3 points

Yum

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Well this post was only about water

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