A 10CM COLUMN OF AIR IS TRAPPED BY AN 8CM LONG COLUMN OF Hg in a capillary tube horizontally fixed - Chemistry - Thermodynamics

Question

A 10CM COLUMN OF AIR IS TRAPPED BY AN 8CM LONG COLUMN OF Hg in a
capillary tube horizontally fixed at 1 atm pressure calculate the
length of air column when the tube is fixed
a) Vertically with open end up
b) Vertically with open end down
c) At 45o from the horizontal with the open end
up

na · Accepted Answer

a
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A=area of corresponding capillary

L=length of capillary

(b)

use

P1L1=P2L2

(C) use

Patm A1+mgcos45Âº =
Pgas A2

A 10CM COLUMN OF AIR IS TRAPPED BY AN 8CM LONG COLUMN OF Hg in a capillary tube horizontally fixed at 1 atm pressure . calculate the length of air column .when the tube is fixed a) Vertically with open end up b) Vertically with open end down c) At 45o from the horizontal with the open end up .

A 10CM COLUMN OF AIR IS TRAPPED BY AN 8CM LONG COLUMN OF Hg in a capillary tube horizontally fixed at 1 atm pressure . calculate the length of air column .when the tube is fixed

a) Vertically with open end up

b) Vertically with open end down

c) At 45^o from the horizontal with the open end up .