Liquid Type: The surface tension varies among liquids. For instance, alcohol has a lower surface tension than water because its molecules adhere to one another more tightly.

Temperature: As a liquid's temperature rises, its molecules move more quickly and disperse, reducing surface tension.

Impurities are substances that are mixed with the liquid.

Surface tension can be altered by certain chemicals, such as salt in water.

By severing the strong connections between molecules, other chemicals (such as soap or oil) typically reduce surface tension.

Water spreads out more readily when surface tension is decreased by soaps and detergents. Soap makes cleaning easier because of this!

Electricity: By altering the way molecules arrange themselves, an electric field can alter the surface tension of some liquid.