The specific gravity of a sample is the ratio of the density of the sample with respect to one standard sample. The standard sample used in specific gravity calculation is water whose density is 1 g/mL. The solution having specific gravity 1.30 is the density of the sample that is 1.30 g/mL. Thus the weight of the 30 mL sample is (30×1.30) = 39 g.
Now the mass of the 10 mL of water is 10 g as density of water is 10 g/mL. Thus after addition the total mass of the solution is (39 + 10) = 49g and the volume is (30 + 10) = 40 mL. Thus the density of the mixture will be
g/mL. Thus the specific gravity of the mixed sample will be 1.225 g/mL.
Air is mainly composed of N2 (78%), O2 (21%) and other trace gases. Now, the total pressure of air is the sum of the partial pressures of the constituent gases. The partial pressure of each gas, for example say O2, can be expressed as:
p(O2) = mole fraction of O2 * P(total, air) ----(1)
Thus, the partial pressure is directly proportional to the total pressure. If we consider a sealed container then, as the temperature of air increases so will its pressure. Based on equation (1) an increase in the pressure of air should also increase the partial pressure of oxygen.
The atomic mass number does<span> not change because a </span>beta<span> particle has a much smaller </span>mass<span> than the </span>atom<span>. The </span>atomic number<span> goes up because a neutron has turned into an extra proton. </span>Beta decay<span> is fundamentally different from alpha </span>decay<span>. An alpha particle is made of two protons and two neutrons.</span>