Sentences with phrase «between water molecules»

The tension is maintained by bonds between water molecules that are drawn up through the narrow channels of a plant's plumbing.

The models were run using home - grown software that takes into account the complex interactions between water molecules as well as between ions and water.

It gets between the water molecules and prevents them to «hold» each other and spread.

To unlock these properties, scientists use density functional theory to study the forces and interaction between water molecules.

surfactant A chemical that decreases the attraction between water molecules.

For capillary action to work, the adhesion force between the water and plant tissues must be stronger than the cohesion between water molecules.

Water molecules are more attracted to each other than to air molecules and form a spherical shape to maximise contact between water molecules, which leaves as few as possible exposed to the air.

But, in the 1930s, the famous chemist and Nobel laureate Linus Pauling created a long - lived controversy when he proposed that the hydrogen bonds between water molecules would be affected by the sigma bonds within the water molecules and partially assume the identity of these bonds.

To unlock these properties, scientists use density functional theory (DFT), a framework of electronic structure, to study the forces and interaction between water molecules.