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Surface tension and surface energy
Question

A small air bubble is at the inner surface of the bottom of a beaker filled with cold water. Now water of the beaker is heated. The size of bubble increases. The reason for this may be

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Solution

On moving from bottom to top, pressure of the air bubble will decrease, volume will increase and hence, size of air bubble will rise. Also due to increase in temperature rms velocity of air increase and surface tension decrease as a result increasing the volume of the bubble

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