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MHT CET 2023 (9 May, Shift 1) · Excess Pressure: Drops & Bubbles

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Q38MHT CET 2023 · 9 MAY · SHIFT 1Medium

Excess Pressure: Drops & Bubbles

The radii of two soap bubbles are r1r_1 and r2r_2. In isothermal condition they combine with each other to form a single bubble. The radius of resultant bubble is

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Answer: (c)

  1. Isothermal, pressure terms from surface tension only (vacuum / neglect outside pressure): PVPV is conserved.
  2. For a soap bubble P=4TrP = \frac{4T}{r}, so PV=4Tr⋅43πr3∝r2PV = \frac{4T}{r} \cdot \frac{4}{3}\pi r^3 \propto r^2.
  3. 4TRR3=4Tr1r13+4Tr2r23⇒R2=r12+r22\frac{4T}{R}R^3 = \frac{4T}{r_1}r_1^3 + \frac{4T}{r_2}r_2^3 \Rightarrow R^2 = r_1^2 + r_2^2
  4. So the answer is (c) R=r12+r22R = \sqrt{r_1^2 + r_2^2}.
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