What is the height of H2O column (in m) that could be maintained by normal atmospheric pressure (= 1 atm) - Chemistry - Liquid and Gaseous States

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What is the height of H2O column (in m) that could be maintained by
normal atmospheric pressure (= 1 atm)? Given that d(Hg) = 13 6 g/cm
cube and d(H2O) = 1 00 g/cm cube

Vartika Jain · Accepted Answer

Dear Student,

We know that, hwhHg=ρHgρw1 atm is standard atmospheric pressureand, standard barometric height of Hg column, hHg = 760 mm =0
760 mSo, hw=ρHgρw×hHgor, hw=13
6×103 kgm-31×103 kgm-3×0
760 m = 10 34 m

What is the height of H2O column (in m) that could be maintained by normal atmospheric pressure (= 1 atm)? Given that d(Hg) = 13.6 g/cm cube and d(H2O) = 1.00 g/cm cube.