• Question: why is water wet

    Asked by anon-227002 to William, Thibaut "Tibo", Harry, Georgia, Emily, Aimee on 15 Nov 2019.
    • Photo: Aimee Egglestone

      Aimee Egglestone answered on 15 Nov 2019:

      I hate to be that guy – but technically water isn’t wet!

      Things which are coated in water are wet and water cannot coat itself, so it cannot be wet!

    • Photo: William Wiseman

      William Wiseman answered on 15 Nov 2019:

      Aimee answered this better than I ever could!

    • Photo: Thibaut Deviese

      Thibaut Deviese answered on 16 Nov 2019:

      Water isn’t wet by itself, but it makes other materials wet when it sticks to the surface of them.Water does not stick to all materials. Some are hydrophobic and the water will just run on them.

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