A soap bubble, having radius of 1 mm, is blown from a detergent solution having a surface tension of 2.5 10-2 N/m. The pressure inside the bubble equals the pressure at a point Z0 below the free surface of water in a container. Taking g = 10 m/s2, density of water = 103 kg/m3, the value of Z0 is :
- 1 cm
- 10 cm
- 100 cm
- 0.5 cm
Answer
(1) 1 cm
Solution
A soap bubble has two free surfaces, so the excess pressure inside it is
= 4Sr
= 4 2.5 10-21 10-3 = 100 Pa
Pressure at depth Z0 exceeds the atmospheric pressure by 0
0 = 100
Z0 = 100103 10 = 0.01 m = 1 cm
Answer: (1)