The grease deposited on a glass plate can be easily removed by cleaning the glass with hot water containing detergent powder,because the detergent powder

  • A
    Reduces the angle of contact between the solution and glass
  • B
    Increases the temperature of the solution
  • C
    Decrease the density of the solution
  • D
    Makes the angle of contact between solution and the glass to an obtuse angle

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Given below are two statements:
Statement-$I$: When a capillary tube is dipped into a liquid,the liquid neither rises nor falls in the capillary. The contact angle may be $0^{\circ}$.
Statement-$II$: The contact angle between a solid and a liquid is a property of the material of the solid and liquid as well.
In the light of the above statements,choose the correct answer from the options given below.

Consider a spherical body,one third of its volume is filled with a liquid which has a contact angle of zero with the surface of the sphere. If this sphere (along with the liquid) is taken to gravity-free space,then the shape of the liquid inside the sphere will look like:

The meniscus of mercury in the capillary tube is

Fill in the blanks:
$(i)$ If a liquid sticks to the glass,the angle of contact for the liquid-glass interface will be ....... (acute / obtuse).
$(ii)$ The angle of contact between mercury and glass is .......... (acute / obtuse).

$A$ hydrophilic surface is characterised by the contact angle at the water-solid interface. The value of the contact angle should be:

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