A U tube contains water and methylated spirit separated by mercury. The mercury columns in the two arms are in level with 10.0 cm of water in one arm and 12.5 cm of spirit in the other, what is the relative density of spirit?
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height of sprit column
h1 =12.5 cm=0.125cm
height of the water column,
h2 =10cm =0.1m
p0=patm
p1=density of spirit
p2 =density of water
now pb=pd
po+h1g1g=p0+h2p2g
p1 by p2=h2 byh1=0.8
put the value and get
specific gravity of spirit =0.8
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