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Descriptor English: Surface Tension
Descriptor Spanish: Tensión Superficial
Descriptor tensión superficial
Scope note: Fuerza que actúa sobre la superficie de un líquido, que tiende a minimizar el área de dicha superficie. (McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 6th ed)
Descriptor Portuguese: Tensão Superficial
Descriptor French: Tension superficielle
Entry term(s): Interfacial Force
Interfacial Tension
Surface Tensions
Tension, Surface
Tensions, Surface
Tree number(s): G02.860.816
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D013500
Scope note: The force acting on the surface of a liquid, tending to minimize the area of the surface. (From McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 6th ed)
Annotation: NIM
Allowable Qualifiers: DE drug effects
RE radiation effects
DeCS ID: 13882
Unique ID: D013500
NLM Classification: QC 183
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Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2016/06/17
Surface Tension - Preferred
Concept UI M0020856
Scope note The force acting on the surface of a liquid, tending to minimize the area of the surface. (From McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 6th ed)
Preferred term Surface Tension
Entry term(s) Surface Tensions
Tension, Surface
Tensions, Surface
Interfacial Force - Narrower
Concept UI M0523890
Scope note Surface tension of the surfaces at the boundary between two immiscible liquids.
Preferred term Interfacial Force
Entry term(s) Interfacial Tension



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