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Important Questions on Surface Tension

A square wire frame of size is dipped in a liquid. On taking out, a membrane is formed. If the surface tension of liquid is then force acting per unit length of the frame is

The work done in increasing the size of a soap film from to is . The surface tension of the film is,

Two soap bubbles, each with a radius , coalesce in vacuum under isothermal conditions to form a bigger bubble of radius . Then is equal to

The excess pressure in a soap bubble of diameter and surface tension is

A drop of water placed between two parallel glass plates which are then pressed together until the water film is Thick. If the area of water in contact with either plate is , then the force due to surface tension drawing the plates together is (S.T. of water is )

The excess pressure inside a soap bubble is twice the excess pressure inside a second soap bubble. The volume of the first bubble is times the volume of the second; where is

