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Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2008-Oct
Pages: 3
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On Capillary Rise and Nucleation
Prasad, R.
Journal of Chemical Education, v85 n10 p1389-1391 Oct 2008
A comparison of capillary rise and nucleation is presented. It is shown that both phenomena result from a balance between two competing energy factors: a volume energy and a surface energy. Such a comparison may help to introduce nucleation with a topic familiar to the students, capillary rise. (Contains 1 table and 3 figures.)
Descriptors: Molecular Structure, Science Instruction, Scientific Concepts, Energy, Chemistry, Physics, Textbooks, Kinetics, Thermodynamics, Water
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Language: English
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