KVPY2017PhysicsMechanical Properties of Fluids
In Guericke's experiment to show the effect of atmospheric pressure, two copper hemispheres were tightly fitted to each other to fom a hollow sphere and the air from the sphere was pumped out to create vacuum inside. If the radius of each hemisphere is R and the atmospheric pressure is P , then the minimum force required (when the two hemispheres are pulled apart by the same force) to separate the hemispheres is
Options
- A2 R² P
- B4 R² P
- CR² P
- DR² P / 2
Correct answer
C. R² P
Step-by-step solution
F= (P₀-0 ) AF= R² P