Capillary action — Capillary action, capillarity, capillary motion, or wicking is the ability of a substance to draw another substance into it. The standard reference is to a tube in plants but can be seen readily with porous paper. It occurs when the adhesive… … Wikipedia
Capillary attraction — Attraction At*trac tion, n. [L. attractio: cf. F. attraction.] 1. (Physics) An invisible power in a body by which it draws anything to itself; the power in nature acting mutually between bodies or ultimate particles, tending to draw them together … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
capillary chemistry — noun : a branch of physical chemistry that is concerned with phenomena in very small pores sometimes including adsorption, absorption, catalysis, and colloid chemistry … Useful english dictionary
Electrokinetic phenomena — is a family of several different effects that occur in heterogeneous fluids or in porous bodies filled with fluid. The term heterogeneous here means a fluid containing particles. Particles can be solid, liquid or gas bubbles with sizes on the… … Wikipedia
History of Physics — History of Physics † Catholic Encyclopedia ► History of Physics The subject will be treated under the following heads: I. A Glance at Ancient Physics; II. Science and Early Christian Scholars; III. A Glance at Arabian Physics; IV.… … Catholic encyclopedia
Thomas Young (scientist) — Infobox Scientist name = Thomas Young box width = image width = 240px caption = birth date = birth date|df=yes|1773|06|13 birth place = Milverton, Somerset, England death date = death date and age|df=yes|1829|05|10|1773|06|13 death place = London … Wikipedia
Georg Hermann Quincke — (November 19, 1834 – January 13, 1924) was a German physicist.Born at Frankfurt (Oder), Quincke was the son of prominent physician Geheimer Medicinal Rath Hermann Quincke and the older brother of physician Heinrich Quincke. Quincke received his… … Wikipedia
surface tension — /ˈsɜfəs tɛnʃən/ (say serfuhs tenshuhn) noun a property of liquid or solid matter due to unbalanced molecular forces near a surface, and the measure thereof; an apparent tension in an actually non existent surface film associated with capillary… …
kapiliariniai reiškiniai — statusas T sritis chemija apibrėžtis Reiškiniai, susiję su skysčių paviršiaus įtemptimi fazių riboje. atitikmenys: angl. capillary phenomena rus. капиллярные явления … Chemijos terminų aiškinamasis žodynas
капиллярные явления — kapiliariniai reiškiniai statusas T sritis chemija apibrėžtis Reiškiniai, susiję su skysčių paviršiaus įtemptimi fazių riboje. atitikmenys: angl. capillary phenomena rus. капиллярные явления … Chemijos terminų aiškinamasis žodynas