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Terminal velocity
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If an air bubble of diameter 2 mm rises steadily through a liquid of density 2000 kg/m³ at a rate of 0.5 cm/s, then the coefficient of viscosity of liquid is ________ Poise. (Take m/s²)
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A spherical liquid drop of radius acquires the terminal velocity when falls through a gas of viscosity . Now the drop is broken into 64 identical droplets and each droplet acquires terminal velocity falling through the same gas. The ratio of terminal velocities is ________.
- Main 2022PhysicsSingle correct
The terminal velocity () of the spherical rain drop depends on the radius (r) of the spherical rain drop as :
- Main 2022PhysicsSingle correct
The velocity of a small ball of mass 'm' and density , when dropped in a container filled with glycerine, becomes constant after some time. If the density of glycerine is , then the viscous force acting on the ball, will be :
- Main 2022PhysicsSingle correct
A water drop of radius 1 m falls in a situation where the effect of buoyant force is negligible. Co-efficient of viscosity of air is Nsm and its density is negligible as compared to that of water gm. Terminal velocity of the water drop is :
(Take acceleration due to gravity ms)
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A small spherical ball of radius 0.1 mm and density kg m falls freely under gravity through a distance before entering a tank of water. If, after entering the water the velocity of ball does not change and it continue to fall with same constant velocity inside water, then the value of will be ______ m
(Given ms, viscosity of water N-sm).
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The diameter of an air bubble which was initially 2 mm, rises steadily through a solution of density 1750 kg m at the rate of 0.35 cms. The coefficient of viscosity of the solution is ______ poise (in nearest integer). (the density of air is negligible).
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The velocity of a small ball of mass 0.3 g and density 8 g/cc when dropped in a container filled with glycerine becomes constant after some time. If the density of glycerine is 1.3 g/cc, then the value of viscous force acting on the ball will be N. The value of is _______. [use g = 10 m/s]
- Advanced 2016PhysicsInteger
Consider two solid spheres P and Q each of density and diameters 1 cm and 0.5 cm, respectively. Sphere P is dropped into a liquid of density and viscosity poiseulles. Sphere Q is dropped into a liquid of density and viscosity poiseulles. The ratio of the terminal velocities of P and Q is
- Advanced 2015PhysicsMultiple correct
Two spheres and of equal radii have densities and , respectively. The spheres are connected by a massless string and placed in liquids and of densities and and viscosities and , respectively. They float in equilibrium with the sphere in and sphere in and the string being taut (see figure). If sphere alone in has terminal velocity and alone in has terminal velocity , then
- Advanced 2010PhysicsSingle correct
A tiny spherical oil drop carrying a net charge is balanced in still air with a vertical uniform electric field of strength V m⁻¹. When the field is switched off, the drop is observed to fall with terminal velocity m s⁻¹. Given m s⁻², viscosity of the air N s m⁻² and the density of oil kg m⁻³, the magnitude of is