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Question
How does the surface tension of a liquid vary with increase in temperature?
Options
Remains same
Decreases
Increases
No regular pattern is followed
Solution
Decreases
Explanation:
When the temperature increases, kinetic energy of the molecule increases which leads to decrease in the intermolecular forces and hence, decreases the surface tension.
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