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It's very odd to phrase it as "tensile strength", but capillary action is an expression of surface tension, which is the result of molecular cohesion--two (wate
by mgsouth 2y ago
It's very odd to phrase it as "tensile strength", but capillary action is an expression of surface tension, which is the result of molecular cohesion--two (water) molecules resisting separation. In other words, strength under tension, with measurable stress and strain. With some squinting, you've got tensile strength with elastic deformation.
- s1artibartfast 2y agoI think you are right and that is what they are getting at, but it is more a property of the system, not thee material. It is hard to reconcile fluid flow of a liquid with tensile strength.