Thinking Like an Engineer: An Active Learning Approach (4th Edition)
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Chapter 17, Problem 16RQ
Capillary action draws liquid up a narrow tube against the force of gravity as a result of surface tension. The height the liquid moves up the tube depends on the radius of the tube. The following data were collected for water in a glass tube in air at sea level.
- a. Create a proper plot of the height (H, ordinate) versus the radius (r) assuming the data are experimental.
- b. Use polyflt to determine a power relationship for the data set and graph the resulting trendline along with the experimental data.
- c. In a different experiment with different data, you determine the relationship to be H = 0.25 r–1. Create a proper plot of this expression on the same graph, assuming the units for both the radius and height are centimeters.
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