Capillarity and Capillary Action

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Capillarity and Capillary Action: Overview

This topic covers concepts such as Capillarity and Capillary Tube, Capillary Action, Calculation of Capillary Rise, and Detergent Action in Removing Stain.

Important Questions on Capillarity and Capillary Action

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On dipping one end of a capillary in liquid and inclining the capillary at an angles 30o and 60​o with the vertical, the lengths of liquid columns in it are found to be l 1 and l 2 respectively. The ratio of l 1 and l 2 is

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On dipping one end of a capillary in liquid and inclining the capillary at an angles 300 and 600 with the vertical, the lengths of liquid columns in it are found to be l 1 and l 2 respectively. The ratio of l 1 and l 2 is

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Water rises in a vertical capillary tube upto a height of 2.0 cm. If the tube is inclined at an angle of 60°with the vertical, then upto what length the water will rise in the tube

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Water rises in a vertical capillary tube up to a height of 2.0 cm. If the tube is inclined at an angle of 60° with the vertical, then up to what length the water will rise in the tube?

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When two capillary tubes of different diameters are dipped in liquid vertically, the rise of the liquid in the capillary tube is

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When a glass capillary tube of the radius 0.015 cm is dipped in water, the water rises to a height of 15 cm within it. Assuming the contact angle between water and glass to be 0°, the surface tension of water is [ρwater =1000 kg m-3, g=9.81 m s-2]

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Kerosene oil rises up in a wick of a lantern because of

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Water rises to a height of 16.3 cm in a capillary of height 18 cm . If the tube is cut at a height of 12 cm , then-

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A capillary tube is immersed vertically in water and the height of the water column is x . When this arrangement is taken into a mine of depth d, the height of the water column is y . If R is the radius of earth, the ratio x y  is :

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Which of the following graphs may represent the relation between the capillary rise h and the radius r of the capillary?

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Water rises in a capillary tube to a height h. Choose false statement regarding capillary rise from the following.

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Water rises in a capillary tube to a height h. Choose false statement regarding capillary rise from the following.

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If the surface tension of water is 0.06 N/m, then the capillary rise in a tube of a diameter 1 mm is θ=0o

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Two large glass plates are dipped vertically in water of density ρ at small separation d. If surface tension of water is T, then rise of water between the plates is

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A fluid has a density of 1040 kg m-3. If it rises to a height of 1.8 cm in a 1.0 mm diameter capillary tube, what is the surface tension of the liquid? Assume a contact angle of zero.

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The height of a liquid in a fine capillary tube

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Which of the following describes the shape of a detergent molecule accurately?

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Three liquids of densities ρ1,ρ2 and ρ3 (with ρ1>ρ2>ρ3), having the same value of surface tension T, rise to the same height in three identical capillaries. The angles of contact θ1,θ2 and θ3 obey :

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A capillary tube of radius r is immersed in water and water rises in it to a height h. The mass of water in the capillary tube is 5 g. Another capillary tube of radius 2r is immersed in water. The mass of water that will rise in this tube is :
 

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A capillary tube made of glass is dipped into mercury. Then