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Question: A balloon filled with helium gas is found to take6hours to deflate to50%of its original volume. How long will it take for an identical balloon filled with the same volume of hydrogen gas (instead of helium) to decrease its volume by 50%?

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It will take 4.2hours for an identical balloon filled with the same volume of hydrogen gas (instead of helium) to decrease its volume by 50%.

Step by step solution

01

Grahamโ€™s Law

Graham's law states that a gas's rate of diffusion or effusion is inversely related to its square root of molecular weight.

02

Deriving equation for rate of effusion

According to Grahamโ€™s Law

Rate of Effusionโˆ1ฮผ.

whereฮผis the molar mass.

Hence, we have

rateofeffusionofArateofeffusionofB=ฮผBฮผArateofeffusionofHydrogenrateofeffusionofHelium=ฮผHeliumฮผHydrogen=42=22=2rateofeffusionofHydrogenrateofeffusionofHelium=2rateofeffusionofHydrogen=2(rateofeffusionofHelium)

03

Calculation of time taken

Now, to obtain the time, we have

rateofeffusion=amountofgastransferredtime

Rate of effusion โˆ1time

Time for effusion of Hydrogen =12x Time of effusion of Helium

=(12)ร—(6)hours=62hours=4.2hours

Therefore, the value for time is 4.2hours.

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