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Physics for Scientists & Engineers

by Douglas C. Giancoli
Volume 1, 4th Edition, Pearson Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, NJ, 2008

Chapter 17: Temperature, Thermal Expansion, and the Ideal Gas Law


"CHAPTER-OPENING QUESTIONS - Guess now!
A hot air balloon, open at one end (see photos above), rises when the air inside is heated by a flame. For the following properties, is the air inside the balloon higher, lower, or the same as for the air outside the balloon?
(i) Temperature
(ii) Pressure
(iii) Density."





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