Angle of Contact

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Angle of Contact: Overview

This Topic covers sub-topics such as Angle of Contact, Effect of Temperature on Angle of Contact, Contact Angle of Various Solid-Liquid Pairs, Force Diagrams on Solid - Liquid Contact Surface and, Effect of Impurities on Angle of Contact

Important Questions on Angle of Contact

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A liquid will not wet the surface of a solid, if the angle of contact is

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If the temperature decrease, then the contact angle will ____.

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With the rise in temperature, cohesive force will ____.

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In a capillary rise experiment, the water level rises to a height of 5 cm. If the same capillary tube is placed in water such that only 3 cm of the tube projects outside the water level, then

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A liquid does not wet the solid surface, if the angle of contact is:

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The angle between the tangent to the liquid surface at the point of contact and the solid surface inside the liquid is called?

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The grease deposited on a glass plate can be easily removed by cleaning the glass with hot water containing detergent powder, because the detergent powder :-

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A mosquito with 8 legs stands on water surface and each leg makes depression of radius a. If the surface tension and angle of contact are T and zero respectively then the weight of mosquito is -

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Angle of contact of a liquid with a solid depend on

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Angle of contact of a liquid with a surface is 95o . If a capillary of the same material as that of the surface is immersed in the same liquid, the liquid will

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A mercury pallet is trapped between two horizontal glass plates having small space between them. The shape of mercury pallet is best described by -

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If a liquid does not wet glass, its angle of contact is:

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In a capillary rise experiment, the water level rises to a height of 5 cm. If the same capillary tube is placed in water such that only 3 cm of the tube projects outside the water level, then

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A liquid does not wet the solid surface, if the angle of contact is:

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A mercury pallet is trapped between two horizontal glass plate having small space between them. The shape of mercury pallet is best described by -

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For which of the two pairs, the angle of contact is same?

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A vertical glass capillary tube, open at both ends, contains some water. Which of the following shapes may not be taken by the water in the tube?

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In a U -tube the radii of two columns are respectively r1 and r2 . When a liquid of density ρθ=0° is filled in it, a level difference of h is observed on two arms, then the surface tension of the liquid is -

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A mercury pallet is trapped between two horizontal glass plates having small space between them. The shape of mercury pallet is best described by -

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In the bottom of a vessel with mercury of density ρ there is a round hole of radius r. At what maximum height of the mercury layer will the liquid still not flow out through this hole? Surface tension=T -