37239 Lecture Notes - Surface Tension, Conservative Force
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Restoring forces are forces that act to bring a system back to its equilibrium position when it is displaced from that position. While the most commonly studied restoring forces are gravitational and elastic, there are several other types of restoring forces that can arise in various physical systems. If the material is displaced from this alignment, it will experience a restoring force that will act to bring it back into alignment. This restoring force is called the magnetic restoring force: surface tension restoring forces: surface tension is a property of liquids that arises due to the cohesive forces between their molecules. These cohesive forces tend to minimize the surface area of the liquid, and therefore act as a restoring force when the surface is disturbed. If the charged particles are displaced from their equilibrium positions, they will experience electrical forces that will act to bring them back into equilibrium.
