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what is the difference between oil,mercury and red water on barometer?
In general, the instrument called barometer is used to measure
the atmospheric pressure. The instrument uses the specific fluid
and a tube. To determine the atmospheric pressure we generally
measured the height coloumn of fluid in the tube above the surface
in the container in which that tube is placed. The atmospheric
pressure is related as P =
. So, if we use the different fluid of different density the Height
of cloumn will differ. For the same atmospheric pressure if we use
the fluid of Lower density the height should be large so we require
a large tube which is quite un-practical. If the tube will
insufficient in length the device will not work appreciablly.
For example : The atmospheric pressure is often given as the length of mercury column in a barometer. a pressure of 76 cm of mercury means 1 atm in barometer. This height will change for different fluid.
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