Question
Two narrow bores of diameters 3.0 mm and 6.0 mm are joined together to form a U-tube open at both ends. If the U-tube contains water, what is the difference in its levels in the two limbs of the tube? Surface tension of water at the temperature of the experiment is 7.3 × 10–2 N m–1. Take the angle of contact to be zero and density of water to be 1.0 × 103 kg m–3 (g = 9.8 m s–2).
Solution
Diameter of the first bore, d1 = 3.0 mm = 3 × 10–3 m
So, the radius of the first bore, r1 = d1/ 2 = 1.5 × 10-3 m
Diameter of the second bore, d2 = 6.0 mm = 6 × 10–3 mm
Hence, the radius of the first bore, r2 = d2/ 2 = 3 × 10-3 m
Surface tension of water, s = 7.3 × 10–2 N m–1
Angle of contact between the bore surface and water, θ= 0
Density of water, ρ =1.0 × 103 kg/m–3
Acceleration due to gravity, g = 9.8 m/s2
Let h1 and h2 be the heights to which water rises in the first and second tubes respectively.
So, the radius of the first bore, r1 = d1/ 2 = 1.5 × 10-3 m
Diameter of the second bore, d2 = 6.0 mm = 6 × 10–3 mm
Hence, the radius of the first bore, r2 = d2/ 2 = 3 × 10-3 m
Surface tension of water, s = 7.3 × 10–2 N m–1
Angle of contact between the bore surface and water, θ= 0
Density of water, ρ =1.0 × 103 kg/m–3
Acceleration due to gravity, g = 9.8 m/s2
Let h1 and h2 be the heights to which water rises in the first and second tubes respectively.
