Give reason why mercury does not wet glass.

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(N/A) The cohesive forces among the molecules of mercury are much stronger than the adhesive forces between the molecules of mercury and glass.
Because the cohesive force dominates,the mercury atoms prefer to stay together rather than spreading out on the glass surface.
Consequently,mercury does not stick to or wet the glass surface.

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