1.3.3 - Surface Tension
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What is surface tension?
💡 Hint: Think of why raindrops are round.
Name a common example of surface tension.
💡 Hint: Consider creatures that can walk on liquid.
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What is surface tension?
💡 Hint: Remember the elastic skin analogy.
True or False: Capillarity occurs in all types of tubes equally.
💡 Hint: Think about tube diameter.
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Calculate the height of a liquid column that rises in a capillary tube with a diameter of 2mm and surface tension of 0.072 N/m.
💡 Hint: Convert units carefully, and use appropriate density.
Discuss how varying the contact angle affects the capillary rise in a tube.
💡 Hint: Consider the relationship between adhesive and cohesive forces.
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