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A square plate of glass of side 7 cm and thickness 2 mm. is placed with its square face flat on a liquid surface. If the surface tension of the liquid is 20 dyn/cm, the force of surface tension on the glass plate is

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298 dynes
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140 dynes
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560 dynes
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576 dynes
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Solution

The correct option is D 576 dynes

Surface tension will act along perimeter

and thickness

Total length where surface tension will act = L

L=4×(7)+4(0.2)L=28.8 cm

Force (F)=σL=

where T=20 dynes/cm

F=20(28.8)=576 dynes


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