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, g eff becomes zero but the surface tension still prevails. Hence capillary action
will push if fully outward.
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