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The termina l...
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The termina lvelocity of a copper ball of radius 2mm falling through a tank of oil at 20C is 6.5cm/s. Compute the viscosity of oil at 20C.
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Solution
Given,
V
T
=
6.5
×
10
−
2
m
/
s
g
=
9.8
m
/
s
2
r
=
2
m
m
=
2
×
10
−
3
m
ρ
c
o
=
8.9
×
10
3
k
g
/
m
3
ρ
o
i
l
=
1.5
×
10
k
g
/
m
3
The terminal velocity is given by
V
T
=
2
r
2
(
ρ
c
o
−
ρ
o
i
l
)
9
η
g
Viscosity of oil at
20
0
η
=
2
r
2
(
ρ
c
o
−
ρ
o
i
l
)
9
V
T
g
η
=
2
(
2
×
10
−
3
)
2
(
8.9
×
10
3
−
1.5
×
10
3
)
9
×
6.5
×
10
−
2
×
9.8
η
=
0.9925
N
s
/
m
2
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