A glass tube scaled at both ends is long. It lies horizontally with the middle
containing
. The two ends of the tube, eqaul in length, contain air at
and pressure
. The temperature at one end is kept
and at the other end it
. Neglect the change in length of
column. Then the change in length on two sides is
Initially
(a)
(b)
Applying gas law at end ,
From (i), (ii) and (iii)