10.6 Torricelli’s barometer used mercury. Pascal duplicated it using French wine of density 984 kg m–3. Determine the height of the wine column for normal atmospheric pressure.
10.6 Torricelli’s barometer used mercury. Pascal duplicated it using French wine of density 984 kg m–3. Determine the height of the wine column for normal atmospheric pressure.
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Density of mercury, = 13.6 kg/
Density of wine, = 9.84 kg/
Height of the mercury column for atmospheric pressure, = 760 mm = 0.76 m
Height of the mercury column for atmospheric pressure =
From the relation, P = , since the pressure on both the system are equal
= , we get = = = 10.5 m
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