Lecture Experiments Department of Physics

Capillarity

Experiment no.: 9.3.5

Kapillarität

The effect of capillarity can be demonstrated in four capillaries with different diameters or in a wedge (one filled with ethanol, the other with mercury).

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Experiment

Filling the capillaries

Filling the wedge

Filled capillaries and wedges

Close-up view of capillaries

Close-up view of wedge filled with ethanol 1

Close-up view of wedge filled with ethanol 2

Close-up view of wedge filled with mercury 1

Close-up view of wedge filled with mercury 2