the liquid's own surface tension and weight
Meniscus
Water's meniscus curves up. Mercury's meniscus curves down.
AnswerA meniscus is when the attractive force between the liquid and the container is greater than the attraction between the individual liquid molecules. This causes the liquid to "stick" to the side of the container, creating a curve. The volume must be read at the bottom of the meniscus.
Adhesion is responsible for the surface of the water in a graduated cylinder that is slightly curved at the sides.
If it is, I'll be damned.a meniscus, as far as I know, is the maximum curve of a liquid in a measuring cylinder. you read the volume from there.
Meniscus
The curve is referred to as the meniscus.
You should always measure at the lowest part of the meniscus. The meniscus is a slight curvature at the top of a liquid in a container.
The meniscus is the concave line of liquid that forms in a graduated cylinder (measuring volume) due to that liquid's adhesion (the tendency to want to stick to other things). When measuring a liquid's volume in a graduated cylinder, you read the volume from the bottom of the meniscus. Therefore, the meniscus does not measure anything, it is where you measure a liquid's volume from.
The meniscus is created by adhesive forces between the glass and the water. THis means that the water water molecules are attracted to the glass so they can creep up the glass to a small degree. The water molecules are also attracted to each other through hydrogen bonding. These are called cohesive forces and they allows the water that creeps up the glass to bring other water molecules with them. The cohesive forces and adhesive forces can only resist gravity to a certain degree so in the middle the liquid curves downward.
When a liquid is filled in a cylinder, the liquids usually form a bubble called meniscus. Then you measure the lowest point of the meniscus and record the measurement.
A graduated cylinder is used to measure liquid volume in milliliters, mL. When you place a liquid into a glass graduated cylinder, you will see that the "line" at the top of the column of liquid is actually curved downward. This is called the meniscus. When you measure the liquid volume, you record the volume in mL at the bottom of the meniscus.
The meniscus is the curve at a liquid's surface by which one measures the volume of the liquid. A meniscus can be concave or convex depending on whether it is attracted to itself or the glass.
Meniscus is the curved surface of a liquid in a container; to measure correctly the volume in a graduated cylinder it is necessary to take into account the meniscus type, convex or concave.
Meniscus is the curved surface of a liquid in a container; to measure correctly the volume in a graduated cylinder it is necessary to take into account the meniscus type, convex or concave.
The meniscus - the upward curve of a liquid in a narrow vessel.
The meniscus which refers to the crescent shape