Packet N: Tossup 7

Malvern Panalytical offers disposable folded cells named for this phenomenon to hold samples for zeta potential measurements. This phenomenon is quantified by the Bosanquet equation by accounting for inertia, in contrast to the Lucas–Washburn model. Bubble cells (10[1])are used in an electrophoresis technique named after this phenomenon where analytes display nearly uniform electroosmotic profiles. Samples are sealed in a device that names this phenomenon before being placed into a convective Thiele tube for melting point (-5[1])analysis. (10[4])This phenomenon (10[2])causes (10[1])solvents to move along silica plates (10[1]-5[1])in thin-layer (10[1])chromatography. (10[1]-5[4])This phenomenon (10[2])occurs (10[1])when (10[1])adhesion exceeds (10[1])cohesion (10[2])and can (10[1])manifest as meniscuses. (10[5]-5[2])For 10 points, (10[1]-5[2])liquids move against gravity (10[1]0[1]-5[2])in what phenomenon that also names the smallest blood vessels? (10[3])■END■ (10[9])

ANSWER: capillary action [or capillary effect; accept capillary electrophoresis or capillary zone electrophoresis or CE or CZE; accept folded capillary cells; prompt on adhesion or cohesion until read; prompt on electrophoresis or electroosmosis until read; prompt on surface tension by asking “what macroscopic phenomenon does that cause?”]
<Tennessee A, Chemistry> | Packet N - Simon Fraser A, Carleton A, Georgia Tech A, Claremont A, Warwick A, Columbia B
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Russell NipUBC AWaterloo B3610
Moses KitakuleColumbia AJohns Hopkins B74-5
Brendan BridleQueen'sToronto G7510
Pace KleinCWRU ACWRU B7510
Calvin BostlemanOhio State AMichigan State7510
Rohan GaneshanHarvard AMIT7510
Franklin WuToronto COttawa7710
Eugenia TongImperial AOxford B7710
Yashwanth BajjiMichigan APittsburgh7810
Ted HarrisonEdinburgh BCambridge C8410
Mark TawfikRutgers BNYU B84-5
Xavier BornhorstMaryland BRutgers A8610
Fish TsaiUCSD AUCSD B87-5
Yusuf BaigMcMaster BUBC B87-5
Caleb OttWaterloo ABrock8710
Jeremy RyuBowdoin BDartmouth A87-5
Ollie Glin-ConwayImperial CBristol87-5
Dennis YangMichigan BMichigan C8910
Delia CropperOxford ALSE8910
Andrew NucciUCLA BUCLA A9010
Ava ButlerMcGill AToronto D9110
David BassJohns Hopkins ASwarthmore9310
Jason ZhangToronto BWestern B9410
Ben LaFondCambridge BDurham9410
Chloe ChowHarvard BDartmouth B9610
Ethan RirieUCSD CArizona State9910
Seth AllenMcMaster AWestern A9910
Jacob GoodsonOhio State COhio State B99-5
Dash RumbleBowdoin ABrandeis A9910
Nathaniel MartinBrandeis BSouthern Connecticut State9910
Zaid AsifNYU CColumbia C99-5
Eshan PantNYU AMaryland C9910
Ashlee BacconiUC Santa BarbaraUC Irvine102-5
Dillon GeorgeCatholicVassar102-5
Jerry VinokurovJohn JayMaryland A10210
Sicheng JiangToronto FMcGill B106-5
Amir DolanskyToronto EToronto Metropolitan10610
Eva MandelbaumGuelphWestern C106-5
Ted WarnerBristolImperial C1060
Matthew ForsterDartmouth ABowdoin B11610
Alan HughesUCLCity St. George's11610
Kelvin NiNYU BRutgers B11610
Jadon PandianUC IrvineUC Santa Barbara11710
Kerry XuUCSD BUCSD A11710
Charlotte BauerMcGill BToronto F11710
Yoyo LiuUBC BMcMaster B11710
Charlotte WilcoxWestern CGuelph11710
Aditya PatnaikOhio State BOhio State C11710
Ezra SiegartelVassarCatholic11710
Brandon WeissColumbia CNYU C11710
Jarman TaylorJohns Hopkins BColumbia A11710

Summary

TournamentEditionMatchHeardConv. %Neg %Avg. Buzz
California (South)Main Site4100%50%105.75
CanadaMain Site11100%27%92.36
Great LakesMain Site5100%20%86.80
NortheastMain Site5100%20%97.00
UKMain Site683%17%92.00
Upper Mid-AtlanticMain Site8100%50%105.88