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Surface tension is measured in dynes/cm^2.

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Yes. 1 dyne is 1 g*cm/s^2 (That's gram-centimeters per second squared.)

That's 10^-5 Newtons.

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The cgs unit of force is the dyne. One dyne is equal to the force required to accelerate a one gram mass by one centimeter per second squared.


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