Question

a helium filled balloon has a volume of 208 l and it contains 9.95 moles of gas. if the pressure of the balloon is 1.26 atm determine the temperature

Answer 1

To determine the temperature of the gas, we need to assume ideal gas to use the equation PV=nRT where P represents the pressure, V is the volume, n is the number of moles, T is the temperature and R is the universal gas constant. We calculate as follows:

PV = nRT
T = PV / nR

T = (1.26 atm) ( 208 L ) / 0.08205 L-atm/mol-K ( 9.95 mol )
T = 321.02 K

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