Friday, April 4, 2008

Capillary Action

What is capillary action and why does it occur?

12 comments:

karlen said...

Capillary action is the ability to draw another substance into itself. When mercury and glass have a capillary action the inside atomic forces within the liquid exceed those between the solid and the liquid. This actions occurs when the inside molecular forces between a substance and a liquid are stronger that the cohesive the the inside molecular forces inside of the liquid.

Reeber said...

Capillary action is the ability of a substance to draw another substance into it. It occurs when the adhesive intermolecular forces between the liquid and a substance are stronger than the cohesive intermolecular forces inside the liquid. This is the same effect as how porous materials can soak things up, like sponges soaking up water.

streckfuss said...

Capillary action is being able to draw another substance into itself. An exampe of capillary action would be with water and soil. It is respinsible for moving ground water from wet areas to dry areas in land.

aaron peterson said...

Capillary action is the ability of a substance to draw another substance into it. It occurs when the adhesive intermolecular force is stronger than the cohexive intermolecualr force. This can be shown by putting dye into water.

BiG Goehring said...

Capillary action is the ability to draw another substance to it. This happens when the adhesice intermolecular forces between the liquid and substances that make it stonger and cohesive intermolecular forces inside liquid. This is the same effect with porous materials can soak things up, like sponges in water.

amanda said...

Capillary action is the ability to draw another substance into iteslf. It occurs when an adhensive intermolecular force is stronger then a cohexive force. It happens when you put oil into water.

kelseyr. said...

Capillary action is the ability to draw another substance to itself. It happends to adhesive intermolecular forces between the liquid and a substance are stronger than the cohesive intermolecular forces inside the liquid.

Taylor S. Armstrong said...

Capillary action is the ability to draw another substance into itself. The inside atomic forces within the liquid of mercury exceed those between the solid and the liquid in a glass. This action occurs when the inside molecular forces between a substance and a liquid are stronger that the cohesive the inside molecular forces inside of the liquid.

mike goetz said...

Capillary action is the act of drawing another substance into it self through a semipermiable menbrain. this occurs in our small intestan with the absorbsion of food in to the blood stream. and can ocure with a diffrence of force.

tyler haaland said...

Capillary action is the ability to draw another substance into itself. This usually is with plants. The height of the water column is 1.4 x 10^-5/r.

bertsch said...

Capillary action is the ability to draw another substanceinto self. It occurs when the adhesive intermolecular forces between the liquid and a substance is stronger.

Mindy said...

Capillary action is the ability of a substance to draw another substance into it. This occurs when the adhesive intermolecular forces between the liquid and a substance are stronger than the cohesive intermolecular forces inside the liquid.