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Explain how capillary action is really just teamwork between adhesion and cohesion

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Adhesion of water to the walls of a vessel will cause an upward force on the liquid at the edges and result in a meniscus which turns upward. ... Capillary action occurs when the adhesion to the walls is stronger than the cohesive forces between the liquid molecules.

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