Surface Tension
Surface Tension: Overview
This Topic covers sub-topics such as Surface Tension, Application of Surface Tension, Surface Energy and Surface Tension, Properties of Surface Tension, Force Diagram of Liquid Molecules and, Surface Tension as Scalar Quantity
Important Questions on Surface Tension
The maximum area of tension reinforcement in beams shall not exceed:

Water rises to a height of in a capillary tube and mercury falls to a depth of in the same capillary tube. If the density of mercury is and its angle of contact is and density of water is and its angle of contact is , then the ratio of surface tensions of the two liquids is

Two arms of a U-tube have unequal diameters and . If water (surface tension ) is poured into the tube held in the vertical position, find the difference in the level of water in the U-tube. Assume the angle of contact to be zero.

The radii of two soap bubbles are and . In isothermal conditions, two meet together in vacuum. Then the radius of the resultant bubble is given by

A film of water is formed between two straight parallel wires of length each separated by . if their separation is increased by while still maintaining their parallelism, how much work will have to be done (surface tension of water )

A drop of mercury of radius 2mm is split into 8 identical droplets. Find the increase in surface energy.( Surface tension of mercury is 0.465 J/m2 )

Radius of a soap bubble is increased from to work done in this process in terms of surface tension is

Radius of a soap bubble is increased from to work done in this process in terms of surface tension is

Two small drops of mercury, each of radius R, coalesce to form a single large drop. The ratio of the total surface energies before and after the change is

A liquid film is formed over a frame as shown in figure. Wire can slide without friction. The mass to be hung from to keep it in equilibrium is

There is horizontal film of soap solution. On it a thread is placed in the form of a loop. The film is pierced inside the loop and the thread becomes a circular loop of radius . If the surface tension of the loop be , then what will be the tension in the thread

A long wire is placed horizontally on the surface of water and is gently pulled up with a force of to keep the wire in equilibrium. The surface tension in of water is

A thin metal disc of radius floats on water surface and bends the surface downwards along the perimeter making an angle with vertical edge of disc. If the disc displaces a weight of water and surface tension of water is , then the weight of metal disc is

A wooden stick long is floating on the surface of water. The surface tension of water . By putting soap solution on one side of the stick, the surface tension is reduced to . The net force on the stick will be

The numerical value of surface tension of any liquid in SI unit is and in CGS system of units is , then is

A square frame of wire having diagonal is floating on the surface of liquid of surface tension . The additional force other than its weight, required to pull out the frame from the liquid is

The work done against surface tension forces in blowing a soap bubble of diameter is (The surface tension of soap solution is )

Why is the force due to surface tension on an edge of length is ?

The radius of a soap bubble is increased from to . If the surface tension of the soap solution is , then the work done to increase the radius is

The INCORRECT statement is
