Mercury sticks together because of the cohesive forces.
Water drops on a flower formed by cohesion (see full size image)
'Cohesion' or 'cohesive attraction' or 'cohesive force' in
chemistry is the
intermolecular attraction between like-
molecules. Cohesion explains phenomena such as
surface tension.
Capillary action for example described in the
Cohesion-tension theory related to
botany is considered a mix of cohesion and
adhesion. Cohesion is produced by the
intermolecular forces.
Mercury is an example of a liquid that has strong cohesive forces because its molecules would rather stick together.
Another definable example of cohesion is the
hardness of a
diamond. The hardness results from the strong cohesive, or attracting, forces that attract the atoms together.
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