A weather balloon contains an ideal gas and has a volume of 2.5 m3 at launch, with

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A weather balloon contains an ideal gas and has a volume of 2.5 m3 at launch, with a pressure of 101 kPa. As it rises slowly through the atmosphere, the gas temperature remains constant at 273 K.

(a) High in the atmosphere the pressure drops to 19.3 kPa. What is the volume of the balloon at that point?

(b) How much work is done by the gas in the balloon as it expands?

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Physics

ISBN: 978-0321976444

5th edition

Authors: James S. Walker

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