All Problems

Liquids. Capillary effects

Problem 2.161

In the bottom of a vessel with mercury there is a round hole of diameter \(d=70 \mu \mathrm{m}\). At what maximum thickness of the mercury layer will the liquid still not flow out through this hole?

Reveal Answer
h=4α/ρgd=21 cmh=4 \alpha / \rho g d=21 \mathrm{~cm}