In Regnaults experiment the length of the side wider tube is 140 cm when the cold jacket is at 00C and hot jacket is at 1000C. The liquid level difference in the inverted U-tube is 20 cm. The coefficient of real expansion of the liquid is
A
1.6×10−3/0C
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B
1.8×10−3/0C
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C
1.4×10−3/0C
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D
1.2×10−3/0C
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Solution
The correct option is A1.6×10−3/0C We have Ho = 140 cm, δ(h)=20cm and T = 100K Hence we can put the formula and get the answer as 1.66×10−3