A student was measuring the capillary rise of a liquid to calculate its surface tension. In his calculation, he subtracted the level of the meniscus of the liquid in the cylinder twice, would this mistake

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it leads to an incorrect high calculated surface tension

Rhyan answered Aug 10, 2022

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