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Is viscosity a vector?

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Is surface tension a vector?

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Iceberg floats in water with part of it submerged. What is the fraction of the volume of iceberg submerged, if the density of ice is $\rho_i=0.917 \mathrm{~g} \mathrm{~cm}^{-3} ?$

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A vessel filled with water is kept on a weighing pan and the scale adjusted to zero. A block of mass $M$ and density $\rho$ is suspended by a massless spring of spring constant $k$. This block is submerged inside into the water in the vessel. What is the reading of the scale?

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A cubical block of density $\rho$ is floating on the surface of water. Out of its height $L$, fraction $x$ is submerged in water. The vessel is in an elevator accelerating upward with acceleration $a$. What is the fraction immersed?

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The sap in trees, which consists mainly of water in summer, rises in a system of capillaries of radius $r=2.5 \times 10^{-5} \mathrm{~m}$. The surface tension of sap is $T=7.28 \times 10^{-2} \mathrm{Nm}^{-1}$ and the angle of contact is $0^{\circ}$. Does surface tension alone account for the supply of water to the top of all trees?

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The free surface of oil in a tanker, at rest, is horizontal. If the tanker starts accelerating the free surface will be titled by an angle $\theta$. If the acceleration is $a \mathrm{~ms}^{-2}$, what will be the slope of the free surface?

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Two mercury droplets of radii 0.1 cm and 0.2 cm collapse into one single drop. What amount of energy is released? The surface tension of mercury $T=435.5 \times 10^{-3} \mathrm{Nm}^{-1}$.

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If a drop of liquid breaks into smaller droplets, it results in lowering of temperature of the droplets. Let a drop of radius $R$, break into $N$ small droplets each of radius $r$. Estimate the drop in temperature.

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The surface tension and vapour pressure of water at $20^{\circ} \mathrm{C}$ is $7.28 \times 10^{-2} \mathrm{Nm}^{-1}$ and $2.33 \times 10^3 \mathrm{~Pa}$, respectively. What is the radius of the smallest spherical water droplet which can form without evaporating at $20^{\circ} \mathrm{C}$ ?

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(a) Pressure decreases as one ascends the atmosphere. If the density of air is $\rho$, what is the change in pressure $d p$ over a differential height $d h$ ?

(b) Considering the pressure $p$ to be proportional to the density, find the pressure $p$ at a height $h$ if the pressure on the surface of the earth is $p_0$.

(c) If $p_0=1.03 \times 10^5 \mathrm{Nm}^{-2}, \rho_0=1.29 \mathrm{~kg} \mathrm{~m}^{-3}$ and $g=9.8 \mathrm{~ms}^{-2}$, at what height will be pressure drop to $(1 / 10)$ the value at the surface of the earth?

(d) This model of the atmosphere works for relatively small distances. Identify the underlying assumption that limits the model.

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Surface tension is exhibited by liquids due to force of attraction between molecules of the liquid. The surface tension decreases with increase in temperature and vanishes at boiling point. Given that the latent heat of vaporisation for water $L_v=540 \mathrm{k} \mathrm{cal} \mathrm{kg}^{-1}$, the mechanical equivalent of heat $J=4.2 \mathrm{~J} \mathrm{cal}^{-1}$, density of water $\rho_w=10^3 \mathrm{~kg} \mathrm{l}^{-1}$, Avagardro's number $N_A=6.0 \times 10^{26} \mathrm{k} \mathrm{mole}^{-1}$ and the molecular weight of water $M_A=10 \mathrm{~kg}$ for 1 k mole.

(a) Estimate the energy required for one molecule of water to evaporate.

(b) Show that the inter-molecular distance for water is $d=\left[\frac{M_A}{N_A} \times \frac{1}{\rho_w}\right]^{1 / 3}$ and find its value.

(c) 1 g of water in the vapour state at 1 atm occupies $1601 \mathrm{~cm}^3$. Estimate the inter-molecular distance at boiling point, in the vapour state.

(d) During vaporisation a molecule overcomes a force $F$, assumed constant, to go from an inter-molecular distance $d$ to $d^{\prime}$. Estimate the value of $F$.

(e) Calculate $F / d$, which is a measure of the surface tension.

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A hot air balloon is a sphere of radius 8 m . The air inside is at a temperature of $60^{\circ} \mathrm{C}$. How large a mass can the balloon lift when the outside temperature is $20^{\circ} \mathrm{C}$ ? Assume air in an ideal gas, $R=8.314 \mathrm{~J}$ mole ${ }^{-1} \mathrm{~K}^{-1}, 1 \mathrm{~atm}=1.013 \times 10^5 \mathrm{~Pa}$, the membrane tension is $5 \mathrm{~Nm}^{-1}$.