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Which property of water causes water to curve in a graduated cylinder?
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∙ 9y ago
With most liquids, the attractive force between the liquid and the container is greater than the attraction between the individual liquid molecules. So the liquid "sticks" to the side of the container.
A few liquids have a "backwards" meniscus. An example is Mercury. If you put mercury in a test tube, it would be higher in the middle than at the edges.
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 11y agoWater molecules are attracted more strongly to glass molecules than they are to other water molecules, causing them to "climb" the glass sides of the cylinder, forming a meniscus in the middle of the cylinder, where water is not touching the glass and, therefore, cannot climb it
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∙ 12y agoAdhesion
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∙ 9y agoj curve
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What property causes water to curve?
I believe it is cohesion or adhesion.
Why are there lines on a graduated cylinder?
calibration mark
When water is in a container the surface of the water is curved this curve is call?
Meniscus is the curve at the surface of a liquid in a cylinder. It is caused by the adhesive and cohesive properties of water molecules. (Meniscus was incorrectly spelled in an earlier answer as "miniscus.")
What is a polar curve in terms of illumination?
The term "polar curve", in relation to the subject of illumination refers to the spread of light from a source. If the curve is weak, then little illumination is provided, whilst the opposite is true for a strong curve.
What is the calibration curve for rotameter?
calibration curve helps you determine the value of a unknown substance
What is the liquid curve in a graduated cylinder called?
The liquid curve is called a meniscus.
What is the curve at the top of a liquid graduated cylinder called?
menniscus
Point at the bottom of curve of a liquid in a graduated cylinder?
miniscus
What is the name of the curve you see at the top of a graduated cylinder?
the meniscus
The curve on the surface of water is a graduated cylinder is called?
The meniscus.
Are correct procedures for reading the volume of water in the graduated cylinder?
Water in a glass graduated cylinder adheres to the sides of the cylinder, forming a meniscus which is an upward curve. When reading volume in a cylinder, look at the meniscus at eye level. Read the volume at the bottom of the curve.
What is the curve of the top surface where the water is in a graduated cylinder called?
that would be the meniscus
What is the curve of the top of water in a graduated cylinder called?
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The curve of the top surface of water in a graduated cylinder is called what?
"Still That Girl" by: Britt Nicole
When using a graduated cylinder you measure the level of the water from the bottom point of the curve what is it called?
a meniscus
The curve in the top surface of water in a graduated cylinder is called?
"Still That Girl" by: Britt Nicole
What property causes water to curve?
I believe it is cohesion or adhesion.
