In a surface tension experiment with a capillary tube water rises upto 0.1 m. If the same experiment is repeated in an artificial satellite, which is revolving around the earth; water will rise in the capillary tube upto a height of:
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In the satellite, the weight of the liquid column is zero. So the liquid will rise up to the top of
the tube.
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