What governs the radius of curvature of a liquid meniscus?

Subject: What governs the radius of curvature of a liquid meniscus?

Date: Mon Jan 20 12:36:00 1997
Posted by: wayne peters
Grade level: teacher/prof
School/Organization: university of prince edward island
City: charlottetown State/Province: prince edward island
Country: canada
Area of science: Physics
Message ID: 853785360.Ph

Message:

What governs the radius of curvature of a liquid meniscus?
If a vertical cylindrical rod is immersed in a liquid, the liquid
will form a meniscus at the contact point between the rod and liquid.

What governs the radius of curvature of this meniscus? Specifically,
is it a function of the rod diameter.

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