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The maximum tensile stress of water in capillary tube is ___________

a.

Proportional to the diameter of tube

b.

Inversely proportional to height of capillary rise

c.

Inversely proportional to the radius of meniscus

d.

All of the mentioned

Answer: (c).Inversely proportional to the radius of meniscus

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