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Modeling Subsurface Petroleum Hydrocarbon Transport

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In addition to spreading across solid surfaces, attraction to solid surfaces is responsible for capillary rise. The wetting fluid being more strongly attracted to the solid surface rises in a capillary tube. The force of attraction pulls the wetting fluid up against gravity.

Schematic showing the rise of a wetting fluid in a capillary tube.
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