Which of the following property of water can be used to explain the spherical shape of rain droplets?
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a
Viscosity
b
Surface tension
c
Critical phenomena
d
Pressure
answer is B.
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The spherical shape of rain droplets is due to surface tension. The lowest energy state of a liquid will be observed when the surface area is minimum.Surface tension tries to decrease the surface area of the liquid to the minimum. The rain droplets are spherical because for a given volume, a sphere has minimum surface area.