When performing your experiment, you add your first drop of oleic acid/benzene solution, and a lens forms immediately. what is wrong with your setup, and how can it be corrected?

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Steve Mckenzie

16 May, 04:50

When performing your experiment, you add your first drop of oleic acid/benzene solution, and a lens forms immediately. what is wrong with your setup, and how can it be corrected?

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Damian Parrish · Answer 1

What's wrong with this setup is the substrate on which you have positioned the drop is "dirty and unclean" meaning it is not being dampened by the solution. This action can be corrected by comprehensively cleaning the substrate where the drop will be positioned.