One of the most challenging problems in environmental remediation is isolated blobs ofcontaminated fluid that become trapped in soils by capillary forces (i.e., surfacetension). The pore space can be analyzed by analogy to a thin-diameter glass tube.Under the conditions given, what is the maximum length of water, I, that can beretained in the vertical glass tube shown? [mm]• contact angle 0 = 0⁰• surface tension o= 72 dyn/cm = 0.072 N/m• tube diameter D = 2.0 mm•●neglect the small volume of water above the meniscusthe weight of water completely removes the curvature in the lower air-water interface

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One of the most challenging problems in environmental remediation is isolated blobs of
contaminated fluid that become trapped in soils by capillary forces (i.e., surface
tension). The pore space can be analyzed by analogy to a thin-diameter glass tube.
Under the conditions given, what is the maximum length of water, I, that can be
retained in the vertical glass tube shown? [mm]
• contact angle 0 = 0⁰
• surface tension o= 72 dyn/cm = 0.072 N/m
• tube diameter D = 2.0 mm
•
●
neglect the small volume of water above the meniscus
the weight of water completely removes the curvature in the lower air-water interface

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Step 1: Capillary Rise

Capillary rise is the movement of a fluid in a thin tube above the general level of the fluid, when the tube is held vertically in the fluid.

The expression for capillary rise (h) can be written as:

$h equals fraction numerator 4 cross times sigma cross times cos open parentheses theta close parentheses over denominator gamma cross times d end fraction$

$sigma$ : surface tension of the fluid

$theta$ : contact angle between tube and the fluid surface

$gamma$ : specific weight of the fluid

d: diameter of the tube

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