Savchenko Problem 4.5.25

Physics · mechanics · fluid-mechanics

Problem

Carefully place a square plate on four mercury balls lying on a horizontal plane as shown in the figure (top view). The radius of each ball is 1 mm, the mass of the plate is 80 g, and the surface tension of the mercury is 0.465 N/m. There is no wetting. At what distance from the horizontal plane will the lower surface of the plate be?

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