A glass column is filled with mercury and inverted in a pool of mercury. The mercury column stabilizes at a height of 744 mm above the pool of mercury. What is the pressure of the atmosphere?
A glass column is filled with mercury and inverted in a pool of mercury. The mercury column stabilizes at a height of 744 mm above the pool of mercury. What is the pressure of the atmosphere?
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![A glass column is filled with mercury and inverted in a pool of mercury. The mercury column stabilizes at a
height of 744 mm above the pool of mercury. What is the pressure of the atmosphere?
1.02 atm
0.744 atm
0.979 atm
471 atm
0.653 atm](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2F2edd43ce-2ff2-4aab-9f36-3e96243442c0%2Fe743bc9a-6537-467a-9f08-55359204e7a1%2Fi5e36eg_processed.jpeg&w=3840&q=75)
Transcribed Image Text:A glass column is filled with mercury and inverted in a pool of mercury. The mercury column stabilizes at a
height of 744 mm above the pool of mercury. What is the pressure of the atmosphere?
1.02 atm
0.744 atm
0.979 atm
471 atm
0.653 atm
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