Glass is a non-crystalline, often transparent amorphous solid. It was first prepared in Egypt. Although the atomic-scale structure of glass shares characteristics of the structure of a super-cooled liquid, glass exhibits all the mechanical properties of solid. Chemically, it is … Read Full Article
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CAPILLARITY
A tube with fine and uniform bore throughout its length, is called capillary tube. When one end of glass capillary tube open at both the ends, is dipped in a liquid like water, the liquid rises or falls in the … Read Full Article
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SURFACE TENSION
The surface tension is the tendency of liquid surfaces to shrink into the minimum surface area possible or it is the property of the liquid by virtue of which the free surface of the liquid at rest tends to have … Read Full Article