Capillary action (sometimes called capillarity, capillary motion, capillary rise, capillary effect, or wicking) is the process of a liquid flowing in...

hairlike diameter of a capillary. While capillary is usually used as a noun, the word also is used as an adjective, as in "capillary action", in which a liquid...

statics, capillary pressure ( p c {\displaystyle {p_{c}}} ) is the pressure between two immiscible fluids in a thin tube (see capillary action), resulting...

In chemistry, polarity is a separation of electric charge leading to a molecule or its chemical groups having an electric dipole moment, with a negatively...

for a specific liquid, usually water. Menisci are a manifestation of capillary action, by which either surface adhesion pulls a liquid up to form a concave...

Young–Laplace equation (/ləˈplɑːs/) is an algebraic equation that describes the capillary pressure difference sustained across the interface between two static...

Jurin's law, or capillary rise, is the simplest analysis of capillary action—the induced motion of liquids in small channels—and states that the maximum...

important leading to the formation of a meniscus through capillary action. This capillary action has profound consequences for biological systems as it...

of liquid water from the roots to the leaves is driven in part by capillary action, but primarily driven by water potential differences. If the water...

nib and deposits the ink on paper via a combination of gravity and capillary action. Filling the reservoir with ink may be achieved manually, via the use...

collected via capillary action in small channels located between its scales. Captured water is transported passively via capillary action in semi-tubular...

Because water has strong cohesive and adhesive forces, it exhibits capillary action. Strong cohesion from hydrogen bonding and adhesion allows trees to...

Sample is introduced into the capillary via capillary action, pressure, siphoning, or electrokinetically, and the capillary is then returned to the source...

the capillary action movement of water upwards in plants is the adhesion between the water and the surface of the xylem conduits. Capillary action provides...

retained by a combination of adhesion (funiculary groundwater), and capillary action (capillary groundwater). If the vadose zone envelops soil, the water contained...

used in the tip - by capillary action and gravity. As with a fountain pen, ink leaves the tip of a felt tip pen by capillary action when writing on a porous...

Capillary action through synthetic mesh is the result of the intermolecular attraction between moisture and semi-synthetic polymers, causing a current...

characteristic length scale in fluid mechanics Capillary action, the drawing of liquid into a tube or porous material Capillary electrophoresis, the separation of...

tapering slit cut down its centre, to convey the ink down the nib by capillary action, as well as a breather hole of varying shape. The breather hole allows...

The capillary fringe is the subsurface layer in which groundwater seeps up from a water table by capillary action to fill pores. Pores at the base of...

A capillary wave is a wave traveling along the phase boundary of a fluid, whose dynamics and phase velocity are dominated by the effects of surface tension...

hollow natural material which could retain a small reservoir of ink by capillary action. However, these ink reservoirs were relatively small, requiring the...

ice lenses must be sufficiently porous to allow capillary action, yet not so porous as to break capillary continuity. Such soil is referred to as "frost...

Fluid from circulating blood leaks into the tissues of the body by capillary action, carrying nutrients to the cells. The fluid bathes the tissues as interstitial...

the same pore volume as the volume of the solution that was added. Capillary action draws the solution into the pores. Solution added in excess of the...

changing state at a constant temperature. Torque and center of mass. Capillary action of the wicking felt. Wet-bulb temperature: The temperature difference...

The capillary length or capillary constant is a length scaling factor that relates gravity and surface tension. It is a fundamental physical property...

case of temperature dependence, this phenomenon may be called thermo-capillary convection (or Bénard–Marangoni convection). This phenomenon was first...

to osmosis, gravity, mechanical pressure and matrix effects such as capillary action (which is caused by surface tension). The concept of water potential...

bubble is the water contact. Capillary action can obscure the true water contact in permeable media like sandstone. Capillary pressure prevents the hydrocarbons...