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A spherical balloon is made from a material whose mass is 3.00 kg. The thickness of the material is negligible compared to the 1.50 m radius of the balloon. The balloon is filled with helium at a temperature of 305 K and just floats in air, neither rising nor falling. The density of the surrounding air is 1.19 kg/m3. Find the pressure of the helium gas assuming it is ideal.

Respuesta :

To solve the problem it is necessary to apply the definition of Newton's second Law and the definition of density.

Density means the relationship between volume and mass:

[tex]\rho = \frac{m}{V}[/tex]

While Newton's second law expresses that force is given by

F = ma

Where,

m = mass

a= acceleration (gravity at this case)

In the case of the given data we have to,

[tex]m_b = 3Kg[/tex]

[tex]r = 1.5m\\V = \frac{4}{3}\pi r^3 \\V = \frac{4}{3} \pi 1.5^3\\V = 14.13m^3[/tex]

In equilibrium, the entire system is equal to zero, therefore

[tex]\sum F = 0[/tex]

[tex]F_g +F_h-F_b = 0[/tex]

Where,

[tex]F_g =[/tex] Weight of balloon

[tex]F_h =[/tex] Weight of helium gas

[tex]F_b =[/tex] Bouyant force

Then we have,

[tex]mg+V\rho g -V\rho_a g = 0[/tex]

[tex]\rho = \rho_0-\frac{m}{V}[/tex]

Replacing the values we have that

[tex]\rho = 1.19kg/m^3 -\frac{3Kg}{14.13m^3}[/tex]

[tex]\rho = 0.978kg/m^3[/tex]

Now by ideal gas law we have that

[tex]PV=nRT[/tex]

[tex]P\frac{\rho}{m} = nRT[/tex]

[tex]P = \rho \frac{n}{m}RT[/tex]

But the relation \frac{n}{m} is equal to the inverse of molar mass, that is

[tex]P = \frac{\rho}{M_0} RT[/tex]

[tex]P = \frac{0.978kg/m^3}{0.04kg/mol}*8.314J/K.Mol * 305K[/tex]

[tex]P = 619995.7Pa[/tex]

Therefore the pressure of the helium gas assuming it is ideal is 0.61Mpa