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Is Viscosity due to adhesive forces or cohesive?
So if a non-ideal fluid is in motion, in a siphon for instance, then I completely understand why viscosity could arise due to cohesive forces between the particles.
But let's say we drop a metal ...
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Max allowed size of the pores that would prevent a viscous fluid to pass through
Let us have the following system where we put a viscous fluid from the upper inlet and we want this fluid NOT to enter the lower chamber thanks to adhesion & cohesive forces.
What is the max. ...
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Why does a viscous fluid tends to cling to a solid in contact with it?
My textbook says that a viscous fluid tends to cling to a solid in contact with it, and also gives a consequence of the same: "Dust particles cling to blades of a fan even when it is rotating rapidly."...
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