A plastic bag, made of a fictional material that resists all temperature changes, is filled with radon gas at the surface of the Earth. It is then transported into space by Richard Branson’s Virgin Atlantic Spaceways – which has been generously compensated by the experimenter, one Professor D. Rodgers. The professor’s instructions to you, the observer, read, “Toss out of airlock when established on orbit. Document pressure and volume changes.” Compared to conditions upon it at the surface of the Earth, did the pressure on the bag increase or decrease when it was tossed out of the airlock into space? Did the volume increase or decrease when it was tossed out of the airlock into space? (Note: You may ignore temperature changes.)

as we know, pressure = ρghpressure ∝ g so, in out airlock system plastic bag will be in zero…

Answered: A plastic bag, made of a fictional…

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A plastic bag, made of a fictional material that resists all temperature changes, is filled with radon gas at the surface of the Earth. It is then transported into space by Richard Branson’s Virgin Atlantic Spaceways – which has been generously compensated by the experimenter, one Professor D. Rodgers. The professor’s instructions to you, the observer, read, “Toss out of airlock when established on orbit. Document pressure and volume changes.”

Compared to conditions upon it at the surface of the Earth, did the pressure on the bag increase or decrease when it was tossed out of the airlock into space? Did the volume increase or decrease when it was tossed out of the airlock into space? (Note: You may ignore temperature changes.)

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