Mechanical Properties of Fluids

Capillary rise and angle of contact

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2016 Phase II 1 question

  1. Three liquids of densities $\rho_1$, $\rho_2$ and $\rho_3$ (with $\rho_1 > \rho_2 > \rho_3$), having the same value of surface tension T, rise to the same height in three identical capillaries. The angles of contact $\theta_1$, $\theta_2$ and $\theta_3$ obey: