Question:

When a glass capillary tube of radius 0.015 cm is dipped in water, the water rises to height of 15 cm within it. Assuming contact angle between water and glass to be 0°, the surface tension of water is [Pwater 1000 kg m-³, g= water 9.81 ms-¹

Options :

  • (a) 0.11 Nm-¹
  • (b) 0.7 Nm-¹
  • (c) 0.072 Nm-¹
  • (d) None of these

Answer :

(a) 0.11 Nm-¹

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