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Chapter 2 Problem 117P

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Problem 117P

Some rocks or bricks contain small air pockets in them and have a spongy structure;. Assuming the air spaces form columns of an average diameter of 0.004 mm, determine how high water can rise in such a material. Take the surface tension of the air-water interface in that material to be0.085 N/m.

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Here we need to calculate the height to which water can rize h=? In a material with spongy structures bricks containing small air pockets. By assuming the air spaces form columns of an average diameter D=0.004m.

Given data,

Average diameter , d=0.004 mm=0.004

Radius, R=(d/2)=0.002

Surface tension of air-water interface,

Density of water,

Acceleration due to gravity,

To find,

Height to which water rises, h=?

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Title Fluid Mechanics 2 
Author Yunus A. Cengel, John M. Cimbala
ISBN 9780071284219

Some rocks or bricks contain small air pockets in them and

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