Question 191: Properties of Matter

Question

When an air bubble of radius r rises from the bottom to the surface of a lake its radius becomes ${{5r} \over 4}.$ Taking the atmospheric pressure to be equal to 10 m height of water column, the depth of the lake would approximately be (ignore the surface tension and the effect of temperature) :

Accepted Answer

Given, bubble of radius r rises from bottom of lake. The radius of bubble at top becomes 5r/4. Therefore, pressure in bubble at bottom is ${P_1} = {P_0} + ho gh + {{4T} \over r}$
Pressure in bubble at top is ${P_2} = {P_0} + {{4T} \over {5r/4}}$
Now, we know ${P_1}{V_1} = {P_2}{V_2}$, therefore,
$\left( {{P_0} + ho gh + {{4T} \over 4}} ight){{4\pi } \over 3}{r^3} = \left( {{P_0} + {{4T} \over {5r/4}}} ight){{4\pi } \over 3}{\left( {{{5r} \over 4}} ight)^3}$
${P_0} + ho hg + {{4T} \over r} = \left( {{P_0} + {{4T 	imes 4} \over {5r}}} ight){{125} \over {64}}$
Now given P
0
= 10$ho$g, therefore,
$10ho g + ho gh + {{4T} \over r} = {{125} \over {64}} 	imes 10ho g + {{16T} \over {5r}} 	imes {{125} \over {64}}$
Neglecting effect of temperature, we get
$10ho g + ho gh = {{125} \over {64}} 	imes 10ho g$
$ \Rightarrow 10 + h = {{125} \over {64}} 	imes 10 \Rightarrow h = {{1250} \over {64}} - 10 = 9.53125\,m$
$\Rightarrow$ h $\sim$ 9.5 m

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Properties of Matter

When an air bubble of radius r rises from the bottom to the surface of a lake its radius becomes {{5r} \over 4}. Taking the atmospheric pressure to be equal to 10 m height of water column, the depth of the lake would approximately be (ignore the surface tension and the effect of temperature) :

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