Explain why the free surface of some liquids in contact with a solid is not horizontal.

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It depends on the surface energy of the surface and its interaction with the fluids . Different surfaces have different energies associated with it and hence different liquids interacts with these surfaces in different ways thats why we have hydrophobic aand hydrophillic surfaces

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