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Capillary action

Capillary action (sometimes called capillarity, capillary motion, capillary rise, capillary effect, or wicking) is the process of a liquid flowing in a narrow space without the assistance of external forces like gravity.

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Capillary action

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Avg. degree1.98
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related to history · 22
Capillary action → Boyle, Boyle's, Francis Hauksbee, French Men, Galileo, Giovanni Alfonso Borelli, He, Honoré Fabri, In, Irish, Isaac Vossius, Jacob Bernoulli, Josia Weitbrecht, Leonardo, Louis Carré, Niccolò Aggiunti, Others, Pipe, Robert Boyle, Some
see also · 15
Capillary action → Bond, Describing, Dimensionless, Equation, Ice, Laplace, Measurement, Minimised, Pressure, Subsurface, Tendency, Thin, Type, Upwards, Wave
related to In plants and animals · 4
Capillary action → Capillary, Ligia, Moloch, Water
related to Examples · 2
Capillary action → In, Two
is a · 1
Capillary action → capillary action siphon

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in some non-porous materials such as clayinstance ofin a thin tube0.80text
liquefied carbon fiberinstance ofin a thin tube0.80text
or in biological cells.It occurs because of intermolecular forces between the liquidinstance ofin a thin tube0.80text
surrounding solid surfacesinstance ofin a thin tube0.80text
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Capillary actionrelated to historyLeonardo0.60section

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