Soap makes water wetter. Kind of. It reduces the surface tension, allowing it to spread out and penetrate better. Making it clean better. So could we produce a surface tension-free water? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

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What about another liquid? Is there a "perfect" cleaner, something that spreads and penetrates like nothing else?

Very interested in the answer.

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[-] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 8 points 1 month ago

The chemical properties that create surface tension help water become a great solvent for a variety of chemicals. There isn't a chemical that wouldn't have surface tension that would also be as good a solvent in that class of materials.

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