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What is the pressure inside the drop of mercury of radius 3.00 mm at room temperature? Surface tension of mercury at that temperature (20°C) is 4.65 × 10–1 N m–1. The atmospheric pressure is 1.01 × 105 Pa. Also give the excess pressure inside the drop.

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Answer:

Radius of the mercury drop, r = 3.00 mm = 3 × 10–3 m

Surface tension of mercury, S = 4.65 × 10–1 N m–1

Atmospheric pressure, P0 = 1.01 × 105 Pa

Total pressure inside the mercury drop

= Excess pressure inside mercury + Atmospheric pressure

= 1.0131 × 105

= 1.01 ×105 Pa

Excess pressure

= 310 Pa


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