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Oil is a nonpolar hydrophobic liquid. Birds take advantage of this and  have some amounts of natural oil in their feathers to help them stay waterproof. However, when the oil from oil spills or other forms of water pollution get into their feathers, the birds lose their ability to fly and most of the time end up drowning or dying because they can't hunt for food.

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When you get your hair wet the surface tension shapes the droplets into a ball. It will finally fall once the mass of the ball becomes to heavy therefore breaking the surface tension.

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Water stuck to the tap increases in mass until it is pulled to a peak where the surface tension can no longer keep the drop connected. "It then separates and surface tension forms the drop into a sphere."

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Many industrial level working gloves are made of high surface tension rubber, this rubber is able to form high IMF bonds with most materials. This means that when working with materials such as metal and wood you can have a better grid even if you are holding less material. Pictured below are a pair of Showa Atlas rubber gloves that I have used for carpentry, metal working, and power tool usage.

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the surface tension of the leaf on the water allows it to float. even though the leaf could sink with a break in the surface tension, in this picture it is allowing it float on top

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Surface tension in paint has to be reduced so there are no defects and imperfections on the surface, and gives a better appearance. This is accomplished by additives, and is especially important in spray-on paints

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The surface of a peach is known to exhibit special wettability and adhesion behaviors. We disclose that the peach surface is covered with long and short indumentums. The long indumentums are covered mainly with hydrophobic wax molecules, while the short indumentums are coated mostly with hydrophilic polysaccharides. Thus, the peach surface exhibits a quasi-superhydrophobic property and high adhesive force.

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In Airbus aircraft, 30% of components use IMF technology in their bonds. This allows them to be lighter.

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Tears have a surface tension due to the natural clear liquid in the front of the eye. Tears build and break the surface tension.

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our homeboy spiders make webs. their webs are made of spider silks and the materials in spider silks are mainly non-polar and hyrodphobic, causing water droplets to collect like the image below.

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The Western Grebe makes use of surface tension during it's mating ritual, where it runs as far as 20 meters in the span of about 7 seconds on the water's surface! They can do this thanks to a fast stride (20 steps per second!!), wide flat feet, and the strength to strike the water with enough force to support 55% of their body weight!

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To blow soap bubbles, the soap breaks the surface tension of the water allowing air to enter so that the bubble can form.

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the picture was taken right before the surface tension of the water was broken. The high surface tension of the water makes it so the swimmer doesn't break through the water instantly

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DNA is just a ton of different atoms making up molecules, and then, because of the different polarity of these molecules, it has an incredibly strong IMF that can only be broken by radiation.

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Water droplets form on the plant because the water molecules want to interact with one another in the droplet, this causes a cohesion to one another causing a strong surface tension keeping the drop in place.

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Common tent materials are somewhat rainproof in that the surface tension of water will bridge the pores in the finely woven material.

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The lizard can run on water because though it is very big, it is not only fast but probably has some sort of hydrophobic legs.

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A paper clip made of steel can float on the water surface. The high surface tension helps the paper clip (even though it has a much higher density) float on the water.

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Water striders are able to walk on top of water due to a combination of several factors. Water striders use the high surface tension of water and long, hydrophobic legs to help them stay above water.