Liquid x is known to have a lower surface tension than liquid y. Small amounts of liquid x and liquid y are sprayed into the air, where they form perfect sobered with a volume of 30.0 up. The diameters of these drops are measured with a high-speed camera, and their surface areas Sx and Sy are calculated. Which of the following is true? Sx will be greater than Sy, Sx will be less than Sy, Sx will be equal to Sy, or it’s impossible to predict without more information
Since liquid x has a lower surface tension than liquid y, it means that liquid x will tend to spread out more on the surface. Therefore, when liquid x and liquid y are sprayed into the air and form droplets, the droplets of liquid x will have a larger surface area than the droplets of liquid y.
So, Sx will be greater than Sy.