A weather balloon containing 3.50 kg of helium gas, is released from a location at which the temperature is 20.0°C and the pressure is 101 kPa.The pressure inside the balloon is equal to the exterior pressure. (Note: the mass of a helium molecule is 4u, u=1.66×10^-27kg, R=8.314J/mol-K, kB=1.38×10^-23 J/K, Avogadro number NA= 6.023×10^23mol-1) a)What is the volume of the balloon? b)What is the average kinetic energy of the helium molecules?

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A weather balloon containing 3.50 kg of helium gas, is released from a location at which the temperature is 20.0°C and the pressure is 101 kPa.The pressure inside the balloon is equal to the exterior pressure. (Note: the mass of a helium molecule is 4u, u=1.66×10^-27kg, R=8.314J/mol-K, kB=1.38×10^-23 J/K, Avogadro number NA= 6.023×10^23mol-1)

a)What is the volume of the balloon?

b)What is the average kinetic energy of the helium molecules?

 

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