Researchers at China's Northeast Petroleum University adapted the traditional Lucas-Washburn model to better calculate the expected level of capillary rise in nano-channels WASHINGTON, D.C., March 21, ...

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With fracking, scientists have calculated the expected level of capillary rise with the Lucas-Washburn equation, a mathematical model whose earliest parameters were first devised nearly a century ago.