Capillary tube

Function and Applications

To demonstrate the capillary effect.

Equipment and technical data

• 5 communicating glass tubes of different interior diameters on a round base.
• Capillary diameters (mm): 0.4; 0.8; 1.2; 2.2.
• Diameter of filling tube: 19 mm.
• Height of filling tube: 185 mm.