The contact angle for water in a clean glass is zero. Calculate the surface tension of water in a 0.3 mm diameter vertical tube if the water rises to a height 4.96 cm above the liquid outside the tube, knowing that specific gravity of water equals 998.2 kg/m 3 and the acceleration due to gravity equals 9.806 m/sec2

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The contact angle for water in a clean glass is zero. Calculate the surface tension of water
in a 0.3 mm diameter vertical tube if the water rises to a height 4.96 cm above the liquid
outside the tube, knowing that specific gravity of water equals 998.2 kg/m 3 and the
acceleration due to gravity equals 9.806 m/sec2 

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