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Q.There is a small bubble at one end and bigger bubble at other end of a pipe. Which among the following will happen ?

(a) remains in equilibrium
(b) smaller will grow until they collapse
(c) bigger will grow until they collapse
(d) none of the above
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Because excess pressure inside a bubble is P = 4T/r, the smaller bubble (smaller r) has higher internal pressure, so air flows from the smaller bubble into the bigger one -- the bigger bubble grows while the smaller one shrinks and collapses.

For a soap bubble (which has two liquid surfaces, an inner and an outer film) of radius r and surface tension T, the excess pressure inside the bubble over the outside atmospheric pressure is

P_excess = 4T/r

This shows that the excess pressure is INVERSELY proportional to the radius: a smaller bubble has a smaller r, and hence a LARGER excess pressure than a bigger bubble of the same liquid.

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