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Atmospheric pressure at a height of about 6 km decreases to nearly half its value at the sea level, though the height of the atmosphere is more than 100 km. Explain why.


The density of air decreases with height. At sea level the atmospheric pressure is not always 760 mm of Hg. There is a decrease in the Hg level. 
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We have two barometers. One barometer contains mercury and second water. Which one will register more pressure? (Neglect the surface tension effect).


A balloon filled with helium does not rise in air indefinitely but halts after a certain height. Why?

Does the liquid exert any force on the walls of container?

Explain why?

Hydrostatic pressure is a scalar quantity even though pressure is force divided by area.

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