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Q. 19 If a drop of liquid breaks into smaller droplets, it results in a lowering of the temperature of the droplets. Let a drop of radius R breaks into N small droplets each of radius r. Estimate the drop in temperature.

Hint: The releasing of energy results in the lowering of the temperature.

Step 1: Find the change in surface area.

When a big drop of radius R breaks into N droplets each of radius r, the volume remains constant.

∴

The volume of big drop = N x volume of each small drop

\frac{4}{3} {πR}^{3} = N \times \frac{4}{3} {πr}^{3}

R^{3} = N r^{3}

N = \frac{R^{3}}{r^{3}}

Now, change in surface area,

∆ A = 4 {πR}^{2} - N \times 4 {πr}^{2} = 4 π (R^{2} - {Nr}^{2})

Step 2: Find the energy released.

The energy released=

T \times ∆ A = T \times 4 π (R^{2} - {Nr}^{2})

[T=Surface tension]

Step 3: Find the change in temperature.

ρ

is the density and s is the specific heat of liquid and its temperature is lowered by

∆ θ

, then the energy released = ms

∆ θ

T \times 4 π (R^{2} - {Nr}^{2}) = (\frac{4}{3} {πR}^{3} \times ρ) s ∆ θ [∴ m = Vρ = \frac{4}{3} {ρπR}^{3}] ∆ θ = \frac{T \times 4 π (R^{2} - {Nr}^{2})}{\frac{4}{3} {πR}^{3} ρ \times s} = \frac{3 T}{ρs} [\frac{R^{2}}{R^{3}} - \frac{{Nr}^{2}}{R^{3}}] = \frac{3 T}{ρs} [\frac{1}{R} - \frac{(R^{3} / r^{3}) \times r^{2}}{R^{3}}] = \frac{3 T}{ρs} [\frac{1}{R} - \frac{1}{r}]

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