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Is surface tension a vector?

Surface tension is defined as the force per unit length acting along the imaginary line drawn perpendicular to the tangent line on the surface of the liquid. Its direction is unique and defined. It only depends upon the magnitude force and the length taken into consideration. As it is a ratio of two scalars, surface tension is a scalar and not a vector quantity.


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