Interpretation & Concept Introduction:
Which of the drawings in the given figure most accurately reflects the distribution of the gas molecules in the balloon?
Answer to Problem 10.1VP
Solution:
The image (c) most accurately reflects the distribution of the gas molecules in the balloon.
Explanation of Solution
1) Given:
Images showing distribution of gas molecules in balloons.
2) Calculation:
Gases expand to occupy the entire volume of their containers. And the gas in the balloon occupies all of the space available to it uniformly, pushing outward with the same pressure in all the directions. Image (c) is the only one in which the gas molecules are distributed uniformly through the entire volume of the balloon.
Molecules of a gas are uniformly distributed throughout the available volume.
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