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What is interface tension and how is it related to surface tension?
Question Date: 2012-01-12
Answer 1:

Interface tension and surface tension are basically the same thing. Interface tension typically refers to two dissimilar, separated liquids, but the physics and origins are exactly the same as surface tension.



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