When a capillary tube is immersed vertically in water the capillary rise is 3 cm. if the same capillary tube is inclined at angle of 60° to the vertical, the length of the water column in the capillary tube above that of the outside level is(a) 6 cm (b) 1 cm(c) 8 cm (d) Zero
sumit kumar , 11 Years ago
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Saurabh Koranglekar
Last Activity: 4 Years ago
Vertical Capillary rise will be constant l cos60=h1 l=2×3cm=6cm
Vikas TU
Last Activity: 4 Years ago
Vertical height of the liquid column h(=3cm) in inclined capillary tube will be the same as that in the vertical capillary tube when immersed in a liquid. If l is the length of liquid column along the tube in the inclined tube, then cosθ=h/l or l=h/cosθ =3/cosθ60∘ =6cm.
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