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Surface tension and surface energy
Question

A 20 cm long capillary tube is dipped in water. The water rises up to 8 cm. If the entire arrangement is put in a freely falling elevator, the length of water column in the capillary tube will be

Moderate
Solution

In the condition of weightlessness, water rises to the whole of the available length.

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