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What is it called to move upward through narrow tubes against the force of gravity?
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∙ 15y ago
If your referring to liquids going up the narrow tubes, than it can be called "Capillary action" or "capillarity". It occurs when the adhesive intermolecular forces between the liquid and a solid are stronger than the cohesive intermolecular forces withing the liquid.
Otherwise, it would be "lift" and that just takes us to physics...
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∙ 15y ago
Katherine Devera
capillary action
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