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
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