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How do kitchen towels absorb water?

Updated: 8/10/2023
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Paper towels are able to absorb because they are pourous, which means that they have many tiny holes and gaps. These holes and gaps are able to suck up the water due to capillary action. Each little space in the surface of the paper towel has its own tiny bubble of surface tension, or capillary action. These bubbles are formed when the towel comes into contact with liquid because the liquid in each tiny space is kept separate from the liquid in other pores and pockets. This allows the bubbles of liquid to be held in place and even sucked upward because each pocket contains so little water that the intermolecular attraction is stronger than the gravitational pull on the liquid.

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i prefer using bounty because it is very strong and it lasts for a long time

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water because like if you put the paper towel in the water the goes higher the the oil =)

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They absorb water by letting the water flow out and evaporate out.

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