When liquid medicine of desting S is to be put in the eye. It is done with the help of a dropper as the bulb on the top of the dropper is pressed a drop forms at the opening od the dropper we wish to estimate the size of the drop. We dirst assume that the drop formed at the opening is spherical because the requires a minimum increase in its surface energy. To determine the size we calculate the net vertical force due to surface tension T when the radius od the drop is R. When this force becomes smaller than the weight of the drop the drop gets detched from the dropper. If the radius od the opening od the dropper is r ; the vertical force due to the surface tension onthe drop of radius R. (assuming r << R) is
Due to surface tension vertical force on drop $ Fv = T_2 \pi r Sm \theta $ $ = T_2 \pi r { r \over R} = T {2 \pi r^2 \over R } $