Why do water drops stay on Tupperware?

Subject: Why do water drops stay on Tupperware?

Date: Wed Nov 17 16:13:25 1999
Posted by Pete Cooke
Grade level: grad (science) School: BA in Telecommunications 1985
City: Glendale State/Province: CA Country: USA
Area of science: Chemistry
ID: 942873205.Ch

Message:


When the dishwasher finishes its cycle, the glasses and ceramic plates are 
dry, but plastics such as Tupperware have water drops on their surfaces.  
Why?  (I have taken college chemistry and physics)

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