Why is surface tension a force parallel to the interface?

American Journal of Physics

Volumn 79, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 999-1008

  Marchand, Antonin ^a   Weijs, Joost H ^b   Snoeijer, Jacco H ^b   Andreotti, Bruno ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

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EID: 80053264437     PISSN: 00029505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1119/1.3619866     Document Type: Article

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