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Capillarity and Gravity

  • de Gennes P
  • Brochard-Wyart F
  • Quéré D
Springer New York, (2004), 33-67
DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-21656-0_2
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Abstract

Liquids display rather peculiar properties. They have the ability to defeat gravity and create capillary bridges (see Figure 2.1), move up inclined planes, or rise in very small capillary tubes.1 Moreover, drops may lose their spherical shape under the influence of gravity.

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de Gennes, P.-G., Brochard-Wyart, F., & Quéré, D. (2004). Capillarity and Gravity. In Capillarity and Wetting Phenomena (pp. 33–67). Springer New York. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-21656-0_2

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