Suppose I have a capillary tube inside a water trough and water level raises inside the tube till point 'x'.Now if I break the tube below this level 'x', will the water keep on flowing forever because it will keep sucking water till the point x or something else will happen?Help.
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It wouldn't be able to keep going up.
The capillary action is due to surface effects and the tube walls. When there aren't walls there anymore, there's nothing for surface tension to work with for capillary action.
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