It Is Possible to Make a Barometer Using a Liquid

question 52

Multiple Choice

It is possible to make a barometer using a liquid other than mercury.What would be the height (in meters) of a column of dichloromethane at a pressure of 0.830 atm,given that 0.830 atm is equal to a 0.63522 m column of mercury and the densities of mercury and dichloromethane are 13.5 g/cm³ and 1.33 g/cm³,respectively.

• A)6.4641 m
• B)0.156 m
• C)0.0621 m
• D)0.838 m
• E)1.19 m

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