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Wax is coated on the inner wall of a capillary tube and the tube is then dipped water. Then, compared to the unwaxed capillary, the angle of contact theta and the height h Upto which water rises change. These changes are: 1)Theta increases and h decreses . how?

Wax is coated on the inner wall of a capillary tube and the tube is then dipped water. Then, compared to the unwaxed capillary, the angle of contact theta and the height h Upto which water rises change. These changes are: 1)Theta increases and h decreses .
how?

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Arun
25750 Points
5 years ago
Angle of contact 
Coa theta = Tsa - Tsl /Tla
 
When wtaer is ona oily surface
Tsa
Hence when theta increases and h decreses
 

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