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Grade 12th pass6 grade science

2. Why is a tumbler not made with a piece of cloth?

Profile image of Harshit Singh
5 Years agoGrade 12th pass
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Profile image of Pawan Prajapati
5 Years ago
We use tumblers made of glass, plastic and metal to keep a liquid. These substances can hold a liquid. A tumbler made of cloth cannot hold a liquid because: (i) Cloth piece is not hard enough to hold liquids and (ii) Cloth piece has very minute pores through which the’liquid oozes out.