Angle of Contact

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Angle of Contact: Overview

This topic covers concepts, such as, Angle of Contact, Effect of Temperature on Angle of Contact, Meniscus or Shape of Liquid Surface & Force Diagrams on Solid - Liquid Contact Surface etc.

Important Questions on Angle of Contact

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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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A liquid is filled in the hemispherical container of radius 'R' upto height 'R/2'. Liquid surface is horizontal everywhere. Angle of contact for the given pair is equal to-

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The angle of contact of a liquid with a solid, if liquid does not wet the solid surface is:

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A liquid has surface tension T dyne-cm-1.A drop of this liquid of volume 0.09 cm3 is placed on the surface of a glass slide. Then another glass slide is placed on it in such a way that the liquid forms a thin layer of area 30 cm2 between the surfaces of the two slides. To separate the slides, a force of 16×105 dyne has to be applied normal to the surfaces. Find the value of T

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Considering the angle of contact, choose the incorrect statement:

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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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What could be the angle of contact, If a liquid does not wet a solid surface?

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In gravity free space, the correct shape of water drop enclosed between two glass plates will be-

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In the glass capillary tube, the shape of the surface of the liquid depends upon

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There is a circular hole of diameter d=140 μm at the bottom of a vessel containing mercury. The minimum height of mercury layer so that the mercury will not flow out of this hole is Surface tension, σ=490×10-3 Nm-1