How to Make Low Pressures with a Capillary tube

In this video I show you how capillaries can decrease the pressure in a liquid well below an absolute vacuum if they are small enough
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[@germenfer]

I must say that lower pressure sucks.

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[@johnm5928]

This was one of your best videos man. Thanks for posting!

[@h7opolo]

i love this presentation of yours showing the capillary action phenomenon.

[@chinmaykalkeri]

Loved this video, loved the veritasium video as well, thanks dude.

[@MarkWadsworthYPP]

As I watched it, I kept thinking of veritas' tree video. Your explanation is simpler but better. Well done!

[@mtnman7776]

Another great informative video and, THANKS for no distracting background music.

[@anjangaire6262]

Wonderful analogy

[@minercraftal]

Got this question when as a kid, no teacher or anyone answers me why, first time got the answers here, sounds new and right to me. Thank you.

[@DANGJOS]

@The Action Lab Wow cool thanks! After I first learned about hydrostatic pressure, it always bothered me how water could push down on the water below while adhering to the side in extremely thin tubes. This explains that quite nicely!

[@pratikdas8328]

well, the meniscus are formed due to the adhesion forces and the surfacw tension of the liquid, which it was mentioned in the later part but when the meniscus was mentioned first time( in case of the capillary tube), it is not due to the pressure difference but due to same reasons stated above that's why water will always form a conclave meniscus with glass containers irrespective of any pressure difference

[@AmandeepSingh-qe4ok]

exactly what I'm thinking

[@chanakyasinha8046]

And mercury forms convex

[@sheetalagarwalla1241]

But again the minscus has that shape becuase of pascals law that force acting is perpendicular to fluids

[@maksimgriskevic5446]

I’m so sad that you don’t make a lot of videos I just find them so fascinating

[@Hablizel]

This is one of you most fascinating videos. (I never realized how geeky I was).

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Just amazing example 👌🏻

[@gogo311]

That part about redwood trees was so cool! I had no idea.

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Awesome explanation ♥️👏👏👏

[@NewbyTon]

Thank, now i know how make below 0 absolute presure vacum

[@MuhammadDaudkhanTV100]

Woo super nice experiment

[@TheChemicalWorkshop]

After launching i was like, wait, didnt veritasium cover this? Great video !

[@oliverracz8092]

Thanks for dyeing the water!

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Hello!! Great video!!

[@Boda.Attila]

Interesting content as always. Thumbs UP.

[@lordpredator8855]

I think Veratasium made a video for trees and negative pressure. Very cool.

[@avarixzen6513]

am I the only one who feels like he repeats himself on every point like 5 times

[@stormtorch]

That's how he makes sure everyone understands, even the people who consider themselves unexperienced at the topic at hand.

[@TheBaseCam]

He's definitely teaching! And your definitely observant 😎

[@datbubby]

That just reinforces any un-sure viewers knowledge on the subject

[@superprabal]

It helps to grasp the points better.

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[@brando3342]

Next video: "Honey! Now the neighbour is drinking from a ten meter long straw!"

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Nice video thnx for sharing! 👍

[@R_BS-ug3ck]

He really should start another channel where he teaches actually interesting chemistry and/or physics classes for high school students

[@jackdergamer1870]

Cool video!

[@loyki7076]

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[@n0nenone]

Finally, to understand capillary better than just theory from our SCHOOL teachers

[@alexandrudanciu7874]

This one was a proper explanation, finally. 👍

[@asemhisham3507]

Actually it was a very poor depiction of what really happens, the term relative pressure is only relative, and the entire explanation was lacking.

[@TheBaseCam]

This was so interesting ✌️😎👍

[@frostgamer8371]

You do the coolest things

[@troywhite6039]

Have you tried filling it until the capillary tube overflows but attaching another tube that feeds the overflow back into the large fill chamber. Would that cause a constant motion of it flowing into the fill chamber as it is pulled through the overflow tube via gravity and vaccum and capillary action forces all working in unison?

[@andym.s.5231]

wow that kind of blew my mind, now i must bother my prof during office hours and see what he says

[@motioninmind6015]

Love it :) Wondering about the effect if the contraption was made of a hydrophobic material. I think it might be the opposite (?)

[@stevesloan6775]

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[@cousinles80]

If you kept pouring it would the small tube overflow? If so could you run it back into the big tube and have a perpetual machine?

[@adriangaleron3293]

Hey, nice video again, I like your channel for so long. Some people from abroad US can't fully understand you, and subtitles aren't very accurate, so when you mention the inspiration for your videos, like veritasium in this one, or Tom Scott in the last week "video about lasers" , some people won't really realize it. It would seem more fair to put a link in the screen. Thanks

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How does come up with soo many ideas mann he would be the perfect partner for a science fair

[@uzairm3816]

I was about to say this reminds me of Veritasium's video, and you mentioned it

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with all the negative comments that exist on KZbin, here is a positive one for you. You are awesome!

[@MammaOVlogs]

wow way cool, good thing straws aren't that long :)

[@whoisvaee]

Cool Video

[@Eagles_Eye]

flatearthers : " THIS IS CGI! WATER ALWAYS FINDS ITS LEVEL!"

[@nayankondapalli1075]

Just know that unfortunately, a straw cannot be longer than 30 feet. My dreams have been killed.

[@mpred8606]

it can if there's already water inside of it since the beginning like how trees work although that means you d akready have water in your mouth so..... edit: oh it was already mentioned in the video

[@alexandrudanciu7874]

@@mpred8606, no... doesn't work... After about ten meters, whatever force you use to suck in, the liquid will not go up.

[@DuelJ007]

It sounds like the ten meters is only a vertical limit.

[@cliveadams7629]

@@mpred8606 Nope. Around 30' is the limit of water head at sea level. Doesn't matter if there's more than 30' water in the tube or you have a mouth full of water before you raise it vertical, air pressure can only support a column of water around 30' high and so it would fall leaving a partial vacuum above it. Capilliary action is a force generated between the liquid and the tube wall, surface tension limits the height the liquid can rise and the greater the diameter of the tube the less the surface tension can support a column of liquid under it. No negative atmospheric pressure there.

[@mpred8606]

@@alexandrudanciu7874 no I mean it wont work what I am saying is how like the trees from beggineng bassicaly have straws that get longer and longer it doesn't get stuck at 10m because there's no air ti cause tha liquid inside to boil its bassicaly in a super vaccum

[@alexandrudanciu7874]

Finally another scientifically video after of such a long pause🙄😊, All others were just... you know; not about science. (this one was good) 👍

[@JoeytheJaguar_Lewcock]

The force is strong in this one

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Nice video

[@xiaoshen194]

Will try this on IIT aspirants.... at least it woul reduce some stress on them.

[@MJazStudio]

6:44 I was thinking if I should leave a comment about varitasium's experiment and you said it just at that moment😃

[@Avengers24-sw7cv]

The flat earthers should watch this, just so that they can see that water finds separate levels.

[@enoch7thadam1st2]

I can already see it: you have not thought about your comment properly. pity. look back and go to nature and see why it is possible what you see. because you think you can see but you only see what you want to see.. I do no reply.

[@SuperPrDude]

Read my mind.

[@biologicallyawptimized]

Flat earther's have already done their own experiments to prove the earth is round and have thrown out their own evidence. While this is a great proof against their argument, sadly they are doing science backwards. They already have their answer, now they need to find evidence to support it.

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[@craigschooled]

I'd like to see more about increases in pressure.

[@kelvinnueveanimeguitar1983]

What if I cut the 2nd tube (highest) A little bit below it's highest water level so it starts to flow out and connect it back such that it flows to the 1st tube (biggest) Would that mean it would keep flowing?

[@FrozenFox20]

So if the capillary force makes the water level rise higher than the other water level what keeps you from flowing the water from the capillary tube to the other one to get perpetual motion?

[@abhijeetnanda9624]

what is exactly adhesive force

[@Horus2Osiris]

try Rain-x, make your glass surface hydrophobic, redo experiment, measure differential coefficient of friction via your change in miniscus... You get the drift.

[@alexei4204]

Instead of glass, if you used a more hydrophilic material for the tubing (e.g. wood) would it pull the water up more? The reason I ask that is because the interface between water and any other material always creates a type of meniscus of some thickness which varies in size depending on how hydrophobic or hydrophilic the material is. The meniscus doesn't just happen between water and air although by definition the interface between water and air is given the term 'meniscus.' I'd be curious to see this experiment repeated with wooden tubing. :)

[@SundeepKP]

Hey action lab, here's a idea for your next video,"try keeping water in a vacuum chamber and dipping the vacuum chamber in LN2". Please try it!

[@wilgarcia1]

of course my mind immediately wants to know if you can make the skinny path pour back in to the large one perpetually =P

[@MeFreeBee]

Try the same experiment but using tubes made of teflon or some other hydrophobic material.

[@injesusname3732]

i think its surface tension, not pressure

[@allenscenery]

Pressure is an emergent phenomena where molecules randomly colliding into one another at a microscopic scale. The natural question to ask is, what's going on at the microscopic scale for the negative pressure?

[@asemhisham3507]

The answer depends on your fundamental understanding of the term negative pressure, if it is understood as relative negative pressure then its essentially particles colliding just less frequently and with less kinetic energy compared to its surroundings. However if understood as negative pressure then unfortunately no such thing had been proven to exist.

[@chanakyasinha8046]

@@asemhisham3507 wht about negative volume

[@charleswells9682]

@@asemhisham3507 Theoretically, it may be possible in the realm of statistical thermodynamics, but only extremely locally and not at all on any macro scale. The caveat is however that the probability is so low as to be non-considerable. Thought conundrum: if all the molecules gather to one portion of a volume could the pressure elsewhere be less than what exists between the molecules natively? Of course, though, the question has no meaning.

[@Owen_loves_Butters]

Negative pressure means tension instead of compression. Of course you can’t have a negative force. The force is acting in the opposite direction, but since we use the word pressure to typically mean push instead of pull, it’s technically correct to say negative pressure.

[@jonobjornholm]

By embracing the dark side of the force

[@shivarajdolli5383]

In trees not only the capillary force that help in taking above but the adhesive force also helps in that

[@halimuh110]

8:10 he has an uneven mustache🤪

[@InzemamZahidi911]

I dont understand it, maybe because I am sleepy. I will watch again tomorrow 🛌 (I am a Great fan of action lab)

[@Cammycraft]

Nice

[@TurboZarya]

yes

[@paul_artz]

Can u make a infinity water loop with this stuff

[@-30h-work-week]

The only useful thing I got from this video is that it reminded me to water my house plant. Thanks!

[@MARKE911]

Where did you get that piece of glassware? That would be nice to have on my desk to explain

[@pedrobluis]

Talking about negative pressure (omitting the RELATIVE) will get flat earthers pumping!

[@donut965]

my new science teacher while on quarantine 😂😂

[@paulk5670]

Be very careful accepting what's shown here without a critical mind. As has been pointed out elsewhere there are fundamental flaws in the explanation.

[@anilsharma-ev2my]

Bending the capillary will make some running Or siphoning will give some motion once it's starting Try this

[@ektaagarwal9288]

Please upload a video of stress strain curve doing an experiment ....

[@ArkStar20]

Can perpetual motion be used using this method?

[@triadxtechnologies]

What happens when the glass in a capillary is coated in a hydrophobic material? The capillary effect would not longer work, correct? If that is the case, then materials that are more hydrophilic than glass should produce an even more dramatic effect?

[@ImpMarsSnickers]

Can you make this way water to flow continuously? Like including fabrick to suck water and drop it in a larger section?

[@cghouI]

Finally

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first

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​@@cghouI nobody cares

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@@TurboZarya I don't remember asking you if you care

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@Jaxson Hughes thx

[@tanyawhiting7366]

Do you think you can do cold welding between to clean metal surfaces like what happens in the vacuum of space in your vacuum chamber?

[@Sinceriest]

If he can do this at home Imagine what he can do in a laboratory

[@ryantwombly720]

These experiments are a great reminder to pay attention. Even the macro-world is stranger than we think!

[@coffeejohnny2337]

I feel like this is the perfect channel to ask my question: Is it possible to pour soda from bottle to a cup without losing the fizz?

[@Neubulae]

Veritasium already had the answer for you: as long as you are opening it for the first time and there are no bubbles in the soda, you're on the clear

[@Phosphene_Dream]

I wonder what would happen/ what it would look like if the inner walls of the glass had some kind of a hydrophobic coating on them and you tried this...🧐

[@MM-np4nm]

The shape of the meniscus is caused by the wetting angle or the hydrophilicity of the glass capillary. With mercury the contact angle would be much larger.

[@moodberry]

I always enjoy your videos. So as a follow on to this video, can you explain HOW an WHY capillary action gets its force? What is actually happening at the atomic level? And one other question...are you a teacher by profession? What do you do for a living?

[@TheActionLab]

The force is due to the atomic attraction of the water to the glass through adhesion. it attracts it so much that it gives the water something to hold onto so that it can actually be under tension and not fall apart. Also, by profession I am a chemical engineer

[@Reuben-John]

Water displays apparent "antigravity" properties all the time. Just think blotting paper or a drop of water hanging from a tap. Nothing to do with air pressures at all but just reminding us that molecular attractive forces can be much stronger than gravity. Air pressure is only relevant if we try to draw water up a pipe that is not open ended. As far as very tall trees are concerned I'm sure I read somewhere the extra lift beyond capilliary action and evaporative "suction" is achieved through a series of open and closed valves in the trees structure. I love your vacuum experiments and watch them regularly. Can you try this in your vacuum chamber - I'm keen to see the results.

[@pauleblacas]

If I have a 3 way split evaporator using the 0.031 cap tube at 120 inches. Will the other two cap tubes be the same size and length or will they need to be different lengths to achieve design pressures ?

[@AlexKing-tg9hl]

That would have to be a pretty thin straw though to hold up that much water

[@thebaddestogre-3698]

Now make a perpetual motion flow of liquid using capillary action!

[@linecraftman3907]

It'll level out eventually no matter how hard you try

[@thebaddestogre-3698]

@@linecraftman3907 perpetual motion is impossible, It was a little humor.

[@stomoxe1]

Perpetual motion ? see the test : the liquide stop to mount... kzbin.info/www/bejne/kJuVlJmfnamlprc

[@dumbcat]

@@stomoxe1 i don't get it. can you explain?

[@DrWalker2001]

Can you make a video on how to make a home made barometer for kids?

[@TheDeadTheories]

@The Action Lab So, what would it feel like to swim in it if you were to scale that experiment up so that the smallest tube was the size of a pool?

[@hisham_as]

you should try and do this experiment in the vacuum chamber somehow!

[@maxsanchez4256]

HUH. So... ever- flowing heron's fountain may be possible? maybe if the smallest tube was curved to feed into the big fountain it would flow on its own until it evaporates?

[@jacobrollins37]

This makes me want to believe perpetual power is possible. If only thermal dynamics stayed out of the way.

[@CyanDumBell_MC]

Magic is undiscovered science