Compute how far a liquid rises inside a narrow tube from surface tension, contact angle and tube radius by Jurin's law, for soil physics, paper wicking and microfluidic capillary effects.
液体在细管中因表面张力上升。
| Item | Formula | Source / Standard |
|---|---|---|
| Capillary rise | h = 2·gamma·cos(theta)/(rho·g·r) | Jurin law |
| Contact angle | theta < 90 degrees means wetting | wetting |
| Tube radius | h inversely proportional to r | capillarity |
Reference surface tensions and related constants with their sources (surface tension varies with temperature and purity)
| Constant | Value | Unit | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Water–air surface tension (20 ℃) | 72.75e-3 | N·m⁻¹ | IAPWS 1994 surface-tension equation (same value in NIST) |
| Water–air surface tension (25 ℃) | 71.97e-3 | N·m⁻¹ | IAPWS 1994 / CRC Handbook |
| Standard acceleration of gravity g_n | 9.80665 | m·s⁻² | ISO 80000-3 / BIPM conventional value (exact) |
| Density of pure water (20 ℃) | 998.207 | kg·m⁻³ | IAPWS-95 formulation |
Note: h = 2γcosθ/(ρgr); the contact angle θ depends on all three phases (θ ≈ 0° for clean glass–water). Contamination can raise θ substantially, even above 90°, which makes the liquid level fall instead.