2.3.8 - Work Required to Split Droplets
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What is surface tension?
💡 Hint: Think about why droplets form a particular shape.
Why is volume conserved when splitting a droplet?
💡 Hint: Consider how matter is not created or destroyed.
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What causes a droplet to maintain its spherical shape?
💡 Hint: Think about the properties of liquids!
True or False: The volume of a droplet changes when it is split into smaller droplets.
💡 Hint: Remember that matter cannot be created or destroyed.
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How much work is required to split a droplet of radius 0.2 m into 8 smaller droplets, each of radius 0.1 m? Assume surface tension is 0.075 N/m.
💡 Hint: Surface areas formula for spheres is needed.
Investigate how different surface tension values affect the amount of work needed to split a droplet into smaller droplets, both theoretically and experimentally.
💡 Hint: Consider comparing results with various liquids and their known surface tensions.
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