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Chemistry of Life
Water Climbing by Adhesion
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Water can climb or stick to surfaces because of adhesion, which is the attraction between different kinds of molecules. In water, this is easy to see on polar surfaces such as glass or cellulose in plants. The positive hydrogen side of water is more attracted to the negative oxygen in silica than to nearby water molecules.
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- [Instructor] La adhesión se produce cuando dos moléculas
diferentes se atraen entre sí.
Como el agua que se adhiere a la brizna de hierba.
Esto es porque la superficie de la hierba es polar.
Cuando la superficie es un tubo vertical,
provoca un tirón hacia arriba en los bordes.
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