A small metal sphere is released to fall through a long column of water held in a vertical tube. Explain why the sphere finally acquires a...

      

A small metal sphere is released to fall through a long column of water held in a vertical tube. Explain why the sphere
finally acquires a steady velocity.

  

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sharon
As the sphere accelerates down the column, the viscous drag on its increases. Finally the sum of upthrust and
viscous drag equals the weight of the sphere. The net force on the sphere is zero
sharon kalunda answered the question on May 30, 2019 at 09:50


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