Science and Education Publishing International Journal of Physics 2333-4886 2 3 2014 06 20 Study of Electrocapillarity in Dielectrics Using Palm Oil 83 85 EN Nwodo A. N Ugwu E.I Department of Industrial Physics, Ebonyi State University, P.B.M 53, Abakaliki, Nigeria IJP2014233 10.12691/ijp-2-3-3 2014 05 19 2014 06 07 2014 06 20 This paper presents analytical and experimental study of electrocapillarity in dielectrics under the frame work of parallel plates using palm oil.. First, Mathematical approach was used to derive an expression relating capillary ascent with the applied field. The results obtained from the experiment and that of the analytical results were compared with the expected results from the equation relating the liquid ascent and the applied field obtained from Lippmann equation, where it was observed that there is no evidence of linear relation between the height of the capillary rise of oil in the tube and the applied field.