Question

A hot air balloon, when fully inflated, contains 2,800,000 Liter of air. If each mole of air occupies 22.4 L of at a temperature of 120 Celsius, at what pressure is the air at when the balloon is fully inflated?

Answer 1

Answer:

1.44 atm

Explanation:

Step 1:

We'll begin by calculating the number of mole in 2,800,000 Liter of air.

I mole of air occupy 22.4L.

Therefore, Xmol of air will occupy 2800000L i.e

Xmol of air = 2800000/22.4

Xmol of air = 125000 moles

Step 2:

Determination of the pressure when the balloon is fully inflated .

This can be obtained as follow:

Number of mole (n) of air = 125000 moles

Volume (V) = 2800000 L

Temperature (T) = 120°C = 120°C + 273 = 393K

Gas constant (R) = 0.082atm.L/Kmol

Pressure (P) =.?

PV = nRT

Divide both side V

P= nRT/V

P= (125000x0.082x393) / 2800000

P = 1.44 atm

Therefore, the pressure of the air when the balloon is fully inflated is 1.44 atm