cotton wick in oil filled lamp keeps on burning why?
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The correct answer for your question is capillary action.
The cotton wick that is partially submerged in an oil-filled lamp keeps burning until the oil gets emptied is because of the capillary action of the oil. Here, the narrow space of the cotton wick act like a capillary tube that pulls the oil from the lamp to keep the fire flaming up.
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