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If water is used in a barometer instead of mercury, what will be the height of the water column for standard atmospheric pressure?


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a

7.6 m

b

10.3 m

c

13.6 m

d

8.6 m 

answer is B.

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If water is used in a barometer instead of mercury, it will support a water column of height 10.3 m.
If we use water instead of mercury in a barometer, pressure is the same for both water and mercury, but the heights of the liquid would be different since the densities of both liquids are different. We know that pressure is represented as pressure =hρg. If we use water instead of mercury, then,
Equating the pressure exerted by both the liquids as standard atmospheric pressure.
hmρmg=hwρwg
hρg=pressure
hm = height of mercury column,
hw= height of water column
ρm = density of mercury (13.6 gm/cc)
ρw= density of water (1 gm/cc)
g = acceleration due to gravity (9.81 m/s2)
Here the height of mercury column (hm) is taken as 76 cm for the standard atmospheric pressure.
hwρwg=76×13.6× 9.81
⇒   hw= 76×13.6×9.81ρw×g
⇒   hw= 76×13.6×9.811 × 9.81    (as the density of water is 1 gm/cc )
⇒   hw= 1033.6 cm
⇒   hw= 1033.6100 m
⇒   hw= 10.3 m
 
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If water is used in a barometer instead of mercury, what will be the height of the water column for standard atmospheric pressure?