Without surface tension, water would evaporate much faster in general. Probably could set out a cup of water in the morning and it would be gone by bedtime.

[–] [email protected] 57 points 3 months ago

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[–] xantoxis 16 points 3 months ago

Your own body would basically be a fog cloud of evaporation all day until you were dehydrated like a skeleton in a salt flat, which is exactly what you would be, since no life anywhere could exist.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 months ago

Especially if there were weaker intermolecular forces (which normally give it surface tension).

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

You could even mop it up by placing the mop in the middle of the room and just wait.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 months ago

If there were no surface tension there would almost definitely be no wicking action either. If it didn't evaporate super quickly, water without surface tension would probably be a giant pain in the ass to clean up.