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Is surface tension a vector ?

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MODERN PUBLICATION-MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF FLUIDS-Revision Exercise (Very Short Answer Questions)
  1. Dimensions of surface tension are

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  2. What do you mean by surface energy?

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  3. Is surface tension a vector ?

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  4. What do you mean by Gauge pressure at a depth h inside the liquid?

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  5. The excess pressure inside a soap bubble is

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  6. The excess pressure inside a soap bubble is

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  7. Define angle of contact.

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  8. What will be the effect on the angle of contact of a liquid if the tem...

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  9. What will happen to the angle of contact on adding soluble impurity to...

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  10. What is a capillary tube?

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  11. What do you mean by capillarity or capillary action ?

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  12. What is the shape of a liquid meniscus in a capillary tube dipped in w...

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  13. What is the shape of a liquid meniscus in a capillary tube dipped in m...

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  14. Why a liquid rises more in a capillary with narrow bore than same with...

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  15. The surface tension of a liquid with rise of temperature.

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  16. Oil spreads over the surface of water whereas water does not spread ov...

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  17. When wax is rubbed on cloth becomes water proof, why?

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  18. Why the tip of the nib of a pen is split?

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  19. Define Viscosity. What are its units and dimensions?

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  20. What do you mean by coefficient of viscosity?

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