You take a balloon and stick it in a refrigerator. The temperature inside the refrigerator is 4.0 °C and the temperature in your house is 22 °C. The balloon had an original volume of 0.50 L. What will be the new volume when you take the balloon out, assuming the pressure remains constant?

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Benjamin Franklin

19 November, 09:59

You take a balloon and stick it in a refrigerator. The temperature inside the refrigerator is 4.0 °C and the temperature in your house is 22 °C. The balloon had an original volume of 0.50 L. What will be the new volume when you take the balloon out, assuming the pressure remains constant?

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Oliver Allen · Answer 1

First convert the 2 temperatures to degrees K:

4 + 273 - - - > 277 and 22---> 295

So using Charles' Law

V1 / T1 = V2 / T2

0.50 / 295 = V2 / 277

solving for V2 gives a volume of 0.469 L to nearest milliliter