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A balloon has a volume of 404m3 and is filled with helium of mass 70.0kg. The temperature inside the balloon is 17.0°C. Determine the pressure inside the balloon.

Important Questions on Thermal Physics

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A flask has a volume of 5.0×10-4 m3 and contains air at a temperature of 300 K and a pressure of 150 kPa.

(a) Calculate the number of moles of air in the flask.

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A flask has a volume of 5.0×10-4 m3 and contains air at a temperature of 300 K and a pressure of 150 kPa.

(b) Determine the number of molecules in the flask.

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A flask has a volume of 5.0×10-4 m3 and contains air at a temperature of 300 K and a pressure of 150 kPa.

(c) Estimate the mass of air in the flask. You may take the molar mass of air to be 29 g /mol.

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The molar mass of helium is 4.00 g/mol.

a. Calculate the volume of 1.0 mol of helium at standard temperature and pressure (STP) i.e., at T=273K, P=1.0×105 Pa  

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The molar mass of helium is 4.00 g/mol. Calculate the volume of 1.0 mol of helium at standard temperature and pressure (STP) i.e., at T=273K, P=1.0×105 Pa  

b. Determine the density of helium at STP.

 

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The molar mass of the helium is 4.0 g/mol. Calculate the volume of 1.0 mol of helium at standard temperature and pressure (STP) i.e., at T=273K, P=1.0×105 Pa  

c. Estimate the density of oxygen gas at STP ( molar mass of oxygen gas is 32 g/mol)

 

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The density of an ideal gas is 1.35 kg/m3. The temperature in Kelvin and the pressure are both doubled. Calculate the new density of the gas.
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Calculate the average speed (r.m.s) of helium atoms at a temperature of 850K. The molar mass of helium is 4.0 g mol-1.