How much energy will be required to break a drop of water of 2mm diameter into one thousand million droplets, all of the same size , if the surface tension of water is taken to be 72 dyne/cm.

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How much energy will be required to break a drop of water of 2mm diameter into one thousand million droplets, all of the same size , if the surface tension of water is taken to be 72 dyne/cm.

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