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Explain how spilled water can be mopped up by a rag

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Jossie | 18:55 Sun 25th Mar 2007 | Science
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The particles stick to the rag
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because cloth is absorbant
11:39 Wed 28th Mar 2007
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Surface tension. There is greater attraction between the cloth fibres and water than between water and water, so the water 'sticks' to the cloth. If the cloth happened to be an oily rag, the water would not be absorbed.
02:20 Thu 05th Apr 2007

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