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The surface tension of water (TS) is __________

(a) 29 dynes per cm

(b) 72.8 dynes per cm

(c) 0.29 dynes per cm

(d) 2.45 dynes per cm

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Question is from Capillary Water topic in portion Soil Water Effective and Neutral Stresses of Geotechnical Engineering I

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Right option is (b) 72.8 dynes per cm

To explain I would say: The surface tension = 0.728×10^-6 KN/cm at 20°c

=072.8 dynes per cm.

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