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Not Slippery When Wet
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<blockquote data-quote="FrumiousBandersnatch" data-source="post: 76078135" data-attributes="member: 241055"><p>I'd guess surface tension plays a role as well as weight - if the surface is wettable, the uneven surface of cloth means that there's lots of places where water connects from cloth to surface and lots of places in between where it doesn't. That means a lot of surface tension at the boundaries, holding the cloth to the surface. As I understand it, capillary action is a similar phenomenon.</p><p></p><p>You could test if this makes a significant difference by trying it on a relatively non-wettable (hydrophobic) surface. I would expect it to slide off more easily if I'm right.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="FrumiousBandersnatch, post: 76078135, member: 241055"] I'd guess surface tension plays a role as well as weight - if the surface is wettable, the uneven surface of cloth means that there's lots of places where water connects from cloth to surface and lots of places in between where it doesn't. That means a lot of surface tension at the boundaries, holding the cloth to the surface. As I understand it, capillary action is a similar phenomenon. You could test if this makes a significant difference by trying it on a relatively non-wettable (hydrophobic) surface. I would expect it to slide off more easily if I'm right. [/QUOTE]
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