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What is the pressure inside the drop of mercury of radius 3.00 mmat room temperature? Surface tension of mercury at that temperature (20°C) is4.65 × 10–1 N m–1. The atmospheric pressure is 1.01× 105 Pa. Also give the excess pressure inside the drop.
Answer:
Radius of the mercury drop, r = 3.00 mm = 3 × 10–3 m
Surface tension of mercury, S = 4.65 × 10–1 Nm–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