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Capillarity and Capillary Action

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Estimated time: 4 minutes
  • Capillary action
  • Ascent formula
  • Capillary fall
  • Capillary rise
  • Expression for capillary rise or fall
  • Method (I): Using pressure difference
  • Method (II): Using forces
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Definition: Capillary Tube

A tube with a hole of very small diameter is called a capillary tube or capillary.

Maharashtra State Board: Class 11

Definition: Capillary Action

The rise or fall of level of liquid in a capillary tube is called capillary action or capillarity.

Maharashtra State Board: Class 11

Definition: Capillarity

The phenomenon where a liquid in a capillary tube either ascends or descends relative to the surrounding liquid when a tube of very narrow bore is dipped in it is called capillarity.

Maharashtra State Board: Class 11

Formula: Capillarity or Capillary Action

For two different liquids in the same tube:

\[\frac{h_1}{h_2}=\frac{\rho_2T_1}{\rho_1T_2}\]

For the same liquid in tubes of different radii:

h1​r1​ = h2​r2

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