Angle of Contact
Angle of Contact: Overview
This topic covers concepts such as Angle of Contact, Effect of Temperature on Angle of Contact, Effect of Impurities on Angle of Contact, Contact Angle of Various Solid-Liquid Pairs, and Meniscus or Shape of Liquid Surface.
Important Questions on Angle of Contact
A liquid will not wet the surface of a solid, if the angle of contact is

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

With the rise in temperature, cohesive force will ____.

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

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 :-

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

Angle of contact of a liquid with a solid depend on

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

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

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

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

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

In a -tube the radii of two columns are respectively and . When a liquid of density is filled in it, a level difference of is observed on two arms, then the surface tension of the liquid is -

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

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

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

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

For a liquid which is rising in a capillary, the angle of contact is

The meniscus of mercury in a capillary glass tube, is

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