capillary action

Preparation of different types of mount

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Mounting can be defined as the placing of the specimen or sample(e.g cheek cells) on a glass slide for microscopic observation. There are various ways of preparing mount. Some of them are as follows: A) Wet mount It is a common slide preparation method in the laboratory. This method is applied for instant observation of … Read more

Consequences of surface tension

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The force that acts at right angles to an imaginary line of unit length at the surface of liquid at rest is called surface tension. Simply, it can be defined as the force which is responsible for the tension at the surface of the liquid. It is one of the important properties exhibited by liquids … Read more