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What are the properties of a liquid good to use in a barometer?

Important Questions on Fluids

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tube with both ends open to the atmosphere is partially filled with water. Oil, which is immiscible with water, is poured into one side until it stands at a distance of

10 mm

above the water level on the other side. Meanwhile, the water rises by

65 mm

from its original level (see diagram). The density of the oil is ____

(ρ_{w} = 1000 kg m^{- 3})

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Consider a vessel filled with a liquid upto height

H .

The bottom of the vessel lies in the

X - Y

plane passing through the origin. The density of the liquid varies with

Z

-axis as

ρ (z) = ρ_{0} [2 - {(\frac{z}{H})}^{2}]

. If

P_{1}

and

P_{2}

are the pressures at the bottom surface and top surface of the liquid, the magnitude of

(P_{1} - P_{2})

is :

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At sea level, the height of the mercury column in a barometer is _____.

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Calculate the difference $(h)$ in water levels in two communicating capillary tubes of radius $1 mm$ and $1.5 mm$ .

(Surface tension of water is $0 .07 N m^{- 1}$ )

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The value of

g

at a place decreases by

2 %

. The barometric height of the mercury

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An open ended

H g

manometer is used to measure the pressure exerted by a trapped gas as shown in the figure. Atmospheric pressure is

749 m . m .

H g

. What is the pressure of the trapped gas-

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The pressure on a swimmer 20 m below the surface of water at sea level is

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Which of the following quantity is measured by a simple barometer?

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_____ is a device which is used to measure the atmospheric pressure and can be used in weather forecasting.

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The top surface of an incompressible liquid is open to the atmosphere. The pressure at a depth

P_{1} .

How does the pressure

P_{2}

at depth

h_{2} = 2 h_{1}

compare with

P_{1} ?

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If pressure at half the depth of a lake is equal to 2/3 pressure at the bottom of the lake then what is the depth of the lake?

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A glass tube

80 cm

long and open at both ends is half immersed in mercury. Then the top of the tube is closed and it is taken out of the mercury. A column of mercury

20 cm

long then remains in the tube. The atmospheric pressure (in

cm

Hg

) is

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A tank is filled with a liquid upto a height H. A small hole is made at the bottom of this tank. Consider

t_{1}

be the time taken to empty first half of the tank and

t_{2}

be the time taken to empty rest half of the tank. Then, determine the ratio

\frac{t_{1}}{t_{2}}

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A piston of mass M = 3kg and radius R = 4cm has a hole into which a thin pipe of radius r = 1cm is inserted. The piston can enter a cylinder tightly and without friction, and initially it is at the bottom of the cylinder. 750gm of water is now poured into the pipe so that the piston & pipe are lifted up as shown. Find the height H of water in the cylinder h of water in the pipe
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