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The surface of a liquid or solid exhibits the property of surface tension because molecules at the surface of the liquid or solid have fewer neighbors than those in the bulk. This situation leads to a net force perpendicular to the surface plane toward the interior of the liquid (or solid). In the case of solids, the property is called its surface free energy and may depend on the orientation of the solid surface.
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McCafferty, E. (2015). Capillarity and Corrosion. In: Surface Chemistry of Aqueous Corrosion Processes. SpringerBriefs in Materials. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-15648-4_2
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