Which outcome reduces water's surface tension contacting surfactants?

💡 Explanation

Decreased surface tension occurs because surfactants weaken the cohesive intermolecular forces between water molecules via disrupting hydrogen-bonding networks; therefore, surface tension decreases rather than increases, and this effect is not directly determined by increased kinetic energy.

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