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A canister containing 8g of helium gas (atomic mass 4.0U) was used to fill up party balloons. When the canister was full, the pressure in the gas was 3 atmospheres and its temperature was 27 degrees C. After filling the balloons, the pressure was seen to have dropped to 2 atmospheres and the temperature dropped to 17 degrees C. Exactly how many grams of helium gas were used to fill the balloons?

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Firstly using the ideal gas equation, volume of the canister was calculated then using the volume, pressure and temperature moles of helium gas are calculated and then mass.

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