Water rises in a glass capillary tube to a height of 17 cm. What is the diameter of the capillary tube?

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The diameter of the capillary tube \({\rm{r = 9}}{\rm{.5 \times 1}}{{\rm{0}}^{{\rm{ - 5}}}}{\rm{\;m}}{\rm{.}}\)

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Definition of surface tension

Surface tension is the propensity of liquid surfaces to shrink to the smallest feasible surface area while they are at rest.

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Find the diameter of the capillary tube

Liquid will rise to a height of 17 cm:-

Calculate the height of the water as shown:

\({\rm{h = }}\frac{{{\rm{2Tcos\theta }}}}{{{\rm{\rho rg}}}},\)where T is surface tension of the liquid, \({\rm{\rho }}\) is the density of the liquid and \({\rm{\theta }}\) is the angle made by water on the capillary tube.

Given, \({\rm{h = 0}}{\rm{.17\;m,}}\)we need to find r.

\(\begin{aligned}{}{\rm{0}}{\rm{.17\;m = }}\frac{{{\rm{2}}\left( {{\rm{0}}{\rm{.0799\;kg/}}{{\rm{s}}^{\rm{2}}}} \right)}}{{{\rm{(r)}}\left( {{\rm{1000\;kg/}}{{\rm{m}}^{\rm{3}}}} \right)\left( {{\rm{9}}{\rm{.8\;m/}}{{\rm{s}}^{\rm{2}}}} \right)}}\\{\rm{ r = 9}}{\rm{.5 \times 1}}{{\rm{0}}^{{\rm{ - 5}}}}{\rm{\;m}}{\rm{.}}\end{aligned}\)

Hence, the diameter of the capillary tube is \({\rm{r = 9}}{\rm{.5 \times 1}}{{\rm{0}}^{{\rm{ - 5}}}}{\rm{\;m}}{\rm{.}}\)

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