A capillary tube (A) is dipped in water. Another identical tube (B) is dipped in a soap water solution. Which of the following shows the relative nature of the liquid columns in the two tubes?
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The weight of the water raised in capillary tube is balanced by the force excerted due to decrease in pressure inside the water column due to the curvature at the water surface.
The decrease in pressure
from balancing pressure, we get.
since, the surface tension (a) decreases as soap mixed, the height upto with water rises decreases.