Home
Class 12
PHYSICS
The material of wire has specific gravit...

The material of wire has specific gravity 8. It is not wetted by water, what is the maximum diameter of the wire that will float on the surfacve of water?

A

0.75 mm

B

1.5 mm

C

1.5 cm

D

1.5 m

Text Solution

Verified by Experts

Promotional Banner

Similar Questions

Explore conceptually related problems

The water has maximum density at

Explain why pure water has the maximum water potential.

A metal wire of density rho floats on water surface horozontally. If is NOT to sink in water, then maximum radius of wire is proportional to (where, T=surface tension of water, g=gravitational acceleration)

A wire gets stretched by 4 mm due to a certain load. If the same load is applied to a wire of the same material with half length and double the diameter of the first wire. What will be the change in its length.

A wire gets stretched by 4mm due to a certain load. If the same load is applied to a wire of same material with half the length and double the diameter of the first wire? What will be the change in its length?

A sonometer wire is in unison with a tuning fork when it is stretched by a weight of specific gravity 9. When the weight is completely immersed in water, 10 beats per second are heard .Calculate the frequency of the tuning fork.

Take a piece of thin aluminium sheet and dip it in water in a bucket . What do you observe ? Now shape the same piece of aluminium into a small boat and place it on the surface of water . It floats , isn't it ?

The speed of water is 2m//s through a pipe of internal diameter 10 cm. What should be the internal diameter of nozzle of the pipe if the speed of water at nozzle is 4m//s ?