Tuesday, October 11, 2005

So here's the sort of thing I am dealing with in chem class:
A spherical balloon with a radius of 120 meters:
Twenty students want to go
for a ride in the balloon and they
weigh an average of 150 pounds
(453.6g/pound). The total mass
besides the people is 82 kg. The balloon flies
on helium and nitrogen
gas, with a .80 mole fraction of helium. The internal
temperature
of the balloon is 16 degrees Celsius, which is the same as the

surrounding air. When the external pressure is .80 atm, and the
balloon is
floating, what is the internal pressure of the balloon? The
molar mass of the
air is 28.92g/mol. (The volume of a sphere
is: 4/3*pi*(r^3).)


OK, so post your answers, folks! :)

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