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A film of stearic acid partially covers the water surface in a container. The work needed to decrease this coverage by 1 cm is J. The surface tension (in N/m) of the film is (Round off to three decimal places)
(Surface tension of pure water is 0.072 N/m)
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Correct answer: 0.040, 0.050
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