Why water rises in capillary tube and mercury depresses?
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In case of water,adhesive forces with glass are more stronger than the cohesion b/w water molecules itself.While mercury has cohesion greater than its adhesion with glass
so water rises while mercury falls.
Hope it helps!
so water rises while mercury falls.
Hope it helps!
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