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Surface tension
Question

Liquid drops are falling slowly one by one from a vertical glass tube. Establish a relation between the weight of a drop w, the surface tension land the radius r of the tube (assume the angle of contact to be zero)
 

Moderate
Solution

The upward force due to surface tension is given by

 F=(2πr)Tcosθ   Here θ=0, i.e., cosθ=1  F=2πrT  or  W=2πrT

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