Question 2: The apparatus shown (Fig.2) can be used to compare the densities of two liquids. Two 0.1 kg masses, each of density 5g/cm', hang from the arms of the balance, each 0.20 m long. The left-hand mass is completely submerged in water, and the right-hand mass in a liquid of unknown density. To restore equilibrium a 10 g mass must be placed on the right-hand arm of the balance, 0.16 m from pivot. Calculate the density of the liquid. 小 0.2m 0.2m 0.16m Water Liquid Figure 2
Fluid Pressure
The term fluid pressure is coined as, the measurement of the force per unit area of a given surface of a closed container. It is a branch of physics that helps to study the properties of fluid under various conditions of force.
Gauge Pressure
Pressure is the physical force acting per unit area on a body; the applied force is perpendicular to the surface of the object per unit area. The air around us at sea level exerts a pressure (atmospheric pressure) of about 14.7 psi but this doesn’t seem to bother anyone as the bodily fluids are constantly pushing outwards with the same force but if one swims down into the ocean a few feet below the surface one can notice the difference, there is increased pressure on the eardrum, this is due to an increase in hydrostatic pressure.
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