Surface tension is often calculated using a machine that lifts a wire ring from the surface of a liquid. In this case the ring and liquid have some cohesive forces and attract rather than repel. In order to lift a ring of radius 2.75 cm off of the surface of a pool of blood plasma, a vertical force of 2.00*10-2 N greater than the weight of the ring is required. Consider the situation just before the ring breaks contact with the blood plasma where the blood plasma makes a contact angle of approximately zero degrees along the circumference of the ring and is stretched down vertically on both sides of the ring.