(capillarity)
91Martin , Archer John Porter — (1910–) British chemist Martin, a Londoner by birth, was educated at Cambridge University, obtaining his PhD in 1936. He worked as a research chemist with the Wool Industries Research Association in Leeds from 1938 to 1946 and with Boots Research …
92Röntgen , Wilhelm Conrad — (1845–1923) German physicist Röntgen, who was born at Lennep in Germany, received his early education in the Netherlands; he later studied at the Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich. After receiving his doctorate in 1869 for a thesis on… …
93Stefan , Josef — (1835–1893) Austrian physicist Stefan was educated in his native Klagenfurt and at the University of Vienna. In 1863 he became professor of mathematics and physics at Vienna University and remained there for the rest of his life. Stefan s wide… …
94Young , Thomas — (1773–1829) British physicist, physician, and Egyptologist Young, who was born at Milverton in southwest England, was a child prodigy. He could read with considerable fluency at the age of 2 and by 13 he had a good knowledge of Latin, Greek,… …
95Lipmann, Gabriel — (1845 1921) French physicist. In 1883 he became professor of probability and mathematical physics at the Sorbonne. Due to his work on electro capillarity and colour photography, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1908 …
96capillary attraction — n the force of adhesion between a solid and a liquid in capillarity * * * the force that attracts the particles of a fluid into and along the caliber of a very narrow tube …
97thin-layer chromatography — thin .lā ər n chromatography in which the solution containing the substances to be separated migrates by capillarity through a thin layer of the adsorbent medium (as silica gel, alumina, or cellulose) arranged on a rigid support abbr. TLC compare …
98capacity, field — , field carrying; capillary. Soil moisture retained by capillarity and not removable by gravity drainage [16]. Synonym: specific retention …
99capillary action — The movement of water in the interstices of a porous medium due to capillary forces [22]. Synonymous with capillarity, capillary water, and capillary migration …
100capillary attraction — The adhesive force between a liquid and a solid in capillarity …
