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Capillarity and Capillary Action

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Estimated time: 7 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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Definition: Capillary Rise

The phenomenon in which a liquid rises in a capillary tube when the angle of contact is acute, or falls when the angle of contact is obtuse, due to the interplay of pressure caused by the liquid column and pressure difference due to surface tension, is called capillary ascent (or descent).

Maharashtra State Board: Class 11

Definition: Height of Liquid Column

The vertical height attained by a liquid in a capillary tube at equilibrium, which is independent of the shape of the capillary provided the radius of meniscus remains the same, is called the capillary rise height (h).

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Formula: Ascent Formula

Principle: Pressure due to liquid column = Pressure difference due to surface tension

h = \[\frac {2T}{Rdg}\] = \[\frac {2T cos θ}{rdg}\]

where r = radius of capillary tube and θ = angle of contact.

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