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Q. 18 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 is $T = 435.5 \times 10^{- 3} N m^{- 1} .$

Hint: The energy released will be equal to the change in surface energy.

Step 1: Find the change in surface area.

Consider the diagram.

Radii of mercury droplets,

r_{1} = 0.1 c m = 1 \times 10^{- 3} m

r_{2} = 0.2 c m = 2 \times 10^{- 3} m

Surface tension, (T) = 435.5 x

10^{- 3}

N/m

Let the radius of the big drop formed by collapsing be R.

∴

The volume of big drop=Volume of small droplets

\frac{4}{3} {πR}^{3} = \frac{4}{3} {πr}_{1}^{3} + \frac{4}{3} {πr}_{2}^{2}

R^{3} = r_{1}^{3} + r_{2}^{3}

= {(0.1)}^{3} + {(0.2)}^{3} = 0.001 + 0.008

= 0.009

or R =

0.21 c m = 2.1 \times 10^{- 3} m

∴

Change in surface area,

∆ A = 4 {πR}^{2} - (4 {πr}_{1}^{2} + 4 {πr}_{2}^{2})

= 4 π [R^{2} - (r_{1}^{2} + r_{2}^{2})]

Step 2: Find the change in surface energy.

∴

The energy released

= T . ∆ A

(where T is the surface tension of mercury)

= 435.5 \times 10^{- 3} \times 4 \times 3.14 \times [{(2.1 \times 10^{- 3})}^{2} - {(1 \times 10^{- 3})}^{2} - {(2 \times 10^{- 3})}^{2}] = - 3.22 \times 10^{- 6} J

(The negative sign shows absorption)

Therefore, 3.22

\times 10^{- 6}

J energy will be absorbed.

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