(Solved): Exercise 6 - Differential pressure gauge [10 points] The figure below shows a differential pressure ...
Exercise 6 - Differential pressure gauge [10 points] The figure below shows a differential pressure gauge. In the first case, both containers are subjected to the same pressure P0?. In the second case, B supports a lower pressure (P0???P). Both containers have the same cross-section S, which is larger than the cross-section s of the connecting tube. 1) Express ?P as a function of the densities ? and ?? of the two liquids, the ratio s/S and the height h. 2) Under what conditions will the measurement of ?P be highly sensitive? 3) Data: s/S=1/100,?=103kg/m3 (water), ??=1.022?103kg/m3 (aniline). 4) What is the smallest pressure difference ?P that this manometer can measure if the smallest displacement of the interface we can measure is h=1mm ? Fig. 6. Difterential pressure gauge. Exercise 7 - Densitometer [6 points] A densitometer consists of: a hollow sphere with radius R=2cm and thickness less than R and a hollow cylindrical rod with outside diameter d=1cm, weighted by a mass. When the densitometer is immersed in water at 15?C and external pressure P0?, the sphere is floating the water surface and x=0cm. When immersed in a liquid of density ?l?, the height of the immersed cylinder is x=8cm. What is the density of the liquid? Fig. 7. Densitometer.