Give the example of capillarity .
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Explanation:
example of capillary action in water include water moving up a straw glass tube moving through a paper or cloth towel moving through a plant and tears moving through tear duct
Some Examples Of capillarity :-
✓ Kerosene lamps glows due to burning of kerosene which rises to the top of the wick through narrow space between the threads of fibre of the wick.
✓ When a piece of bottling paper is kept oan an,the ink drop rises upto paper through the pores by capillary action.
✓ Due to capillary action, the water and sap(in tree and plant ) rises up to stem and leaves through the fine pores of the hair root.
✓ Molten wax in candle rises of the wick by capillary action.
✓ Action of towel in soaking up water from the body is due to capillary action of cotton in the towel.