Question: High-Altitude Research. A1arge research balloon containing 2.00 X 103 m3 of helium gas at 1.00 atm and a temperature of 15.0oC rises rapidly from ground

High-Altitude Research. A1arge research balloon containing 2.00 X 103 m3 of helium gas at 1.00 atm and a temperature of 15.0oC rises rapidly from ground level to an altitude at which the atmospheric pressure is only 0.900 atm (Fig.
19.33). Assume the helium behaves like an ideal gas and the balloon's ascent is too rapid to permit much heat exchange with the surrounding air.
(a) Calculate the volume of the gas at the higher altitude.
(b) Calculate the temperature of the gas at the higher altitude.
(c) What is the change in internal energy of the helium as the balloon rises to the higher altitude?


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