If a soap film is formed on a wire frame, what is the effect of adding more soap to the film?
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If a soap film is formed on a wire frame, what is the effect of adding more soap to the film?
Surface tension increases
Surface tension decreases
Surface tension remains the same
Surface tension becomes zero
Adding more soap decreases the surface tension because soap molecules disrupt the cohesive forces between water molecules.
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Q: If a soap film is formed on a wire frame, what is the effect of adding more soap to the film?
Solution: Adding more soap decreases the surface tension because soap molecules disrupt the cohesive forces between water molecules.
Steps: 6
Step 1: Understand what a soap film is. A soap film is a thin layer of water mixed with soap that can form on a wire frame.
Step 2: Know what surface tension is. Surface tension is the force that makes the surface of a liquid behave like a stretched elastic sheet.
Step 3: Learn how soap affects water. Soap molecules have two parts: one that likes water (hydrophilic) and one that doesn't (hydrophobic).
Step 4: When you add more soap to the film, the soap molecules mix with the water. The hydrophobic parts of the soap push away from the water, disrupting the water molecules' cohesive forces.
Step 5: As the soap molecules disrupt these forces, the surface tension of the soap film decreases.
Step 6: A lower surface tension means the soap film can stretch more easily and may become larger.
