A student places a small amount of water in a glass dish and then carefully places a small paperclip on the surface of the water. The paperclip floats. What happens if the student adds a drop or two of dish soap to the water? Explain your answer.

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Gabrielle Sanchez

Chemistry

13 November, 11:50

A student places a small amount of water in a glass dish and then carefully places a small paperclip on the surface of the water. The paperclip floats. What happens if the student adds a drop or two of dish soap to the water? Explain your answer.

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Ahmed Ferguson · Answer 1

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- Adding cleanser makes the paperclip fall through the water to the base of the dish.

- Soap is a surfactant.

- Surfactants lessen the surface pressure of a fluid.

- The surface strain of water is the thing that upheld the paper cut.