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What is the difference between buoyancy and water surface tension?
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Buoyancy is the force exerted by the weight of water displaced by an object that is at least partially submerged in the water.
Surface tension a force of attraction exerted between water molecules at the waters surface interface. Something can not become submerged in the water until this surface tension is broken. Surface tension is a very weak force and can be overcome physically or by changing the chemistry at the surface (adding a wetting agent).
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