PIRA 2A20.10 - Surface Tension: Capillary Action - Capillary Tubes

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Photo Shows the Apparatus Used at U.T. Austin

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Instructions / Notes:

• Vertical glass tubes with different bores connect at the bottom to a large reservoir.
• When the reservoir, (shown right), is filled the water rises  to heights inversely proportional to the radii.

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Last Updated 7/98 - University of Texas at Austin  Physics Dept. - All Rights Reserved.