Chemistry 9th Edition

Published by Cengage Learning
ISBN 10: 1133611095
ISBN 13: 978-1-13361-109-7

Chapter 5 - Gases - Questions - Page 234: 24

Answer

The decrease in temperature causes the balloon to contract (V and T are directly related). Because weather balloons do expand, the effect of the decrease in pressure must be dominant.

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