Angle of Contact

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Angle of Contact: Overview

This Topic covers sub-topics such as Angle of Contact, Excess Pressure in Liquid Drop, Characteristics of Angle of Contact, Effect of Temperature on Angle of Contact, Excess Pressure in Liquid Bubble and, Contact Angle of Various Solid-Liquid Pairs

Important Questions on Angle of Contact

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A large tank is filled with two liquids of specific gravities 2 σ and σ . Two holes are made on the wall of the tank as shown. Find the ratio of the distances from O of the points on the ground where the jets from holes A and B strike.

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The volume of an air bubble is doubled as it rises from the bottom of a lake to its surface. If the atmospheric pressure is H m of mercury & the density of mercury is n times that of lake water. Find the depth of the lake

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Pressure inside two soap bubbles are 1.01 and 1.02 atmospheres. Ratio between their volumes is

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The excess pressure inside an air bubble of radius r just below the surface of water is P 1 . The pressure inside a drop of the same radius just outside the surface is P 2 . If T is surface tension then

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If the radius of a soap bubble is four times that of another,then the ratio of their excess pressures will be

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In a long capillary tube when kept vertical in a liquid, rise in liquid is equal to height h. Contact angle is 0°. Now the capillary tube has only h2 length over the liquid surface then the contact angle will be

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Shape of the meniscus formed by two liquids when capillaries are dipped in them are shown. In I it is hemispherical where as in II it is flat. Pick correct statement regarding contact angles formed by the liquids in both situations

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There is an air bubble of radius 1.0 mm in a liquid of surface tension 0.075 N m1 and density 1000 kg m3 at a depth of 10 cm below the free surface. The amount by which the pressure inside the bubble is greater than the atmospheric pressure is _______ Pag=10 m s-2.

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In air, charged soap bubble of into 27 small soap bubbles of equal radius r Then the ratio of mechanical force acting per unit area of big soap bubble to that of a small soap bubble is

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An air bubble of radius 1 mm is at a depth of 8 cm below the free surface of a liquid column. If the surface tension and density of the liquid is 0.1 N m-1 and 2000 kg m-3 respectively, by what amount is the pressure inside the bubble greater than the atmospheric pressure?
(Take g=10 m s-2)

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A bubble has surface tension S. The ideal gas inside the bubble has ratio of specific heats γ=53. The bubble is exposed to the atmosphere and it always retains its spherical shape. When the atmospheric pressure is Pa1, the radius of the bubble is found to be r1 and the temperature of the enclosed gas is T1. When the atmospheric pressure is Pa2, the radius of the bubble and the temperature of the enclosed gas are r2 and T2, respectively. Which of the following statement(s) is(are) correct?

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Diameters of 2 water drops are 1 cm and 1.5 cm respectively. Find the ratio of excess pressures inside them.

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A liquid is filled in a spherical container of radius R till a height h. At this position the liquid surface at the edges is also horizontal. The contact angle is:

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When a capillary tube is dipped in a liquid, the liquid surface becomes curved due to force of adhesion F1 and force of cohesion F2. Choose the correct statement

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What happens when angle of contact is 90?

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What is angle of contact in capillary tube?

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What is the angle of contact of a liquid?

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What is angle of contact Class 12?

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What are characteristics of angle of contact?

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What is the effect of temperature on angle of contact?