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  • Calculating Pressure Ratio After Adding Helium to Hydrogen Gas
    The ideal gas law states that:

    PV = nRT

    where P is the pressure, V is the volume, n is the number of moles of gas, R is the ideal gas constant, and T is the temperature.

    If the volume is fixed, then we can write:

    P = nRT/V

    Let's calculate the initial pressure using H2 gas:

    n(H2) = 2 g / 2 g/mol = 1 mol

    P1 = n(H2)RT1/V

    P1 = (1 mol)(0.08206 L*atm/mol*K)(273 K)/V

    P1 = 22.4 atm

    Now, let's calculate the final pressure using H2 and He gases:

    n(total) = n(H2) + n(He) = 1 mol + 2 mol = 3 mol

    P2 = n(total)RT2/V

    P2 = (3 mol)(0.08206 L*atm/mol*K)(1092 K)/V

    P2 = 86 atm

    Therefore, the ratio of final pressure to initial pressure is:

    P2/P1 = 86 atm/22.4 atm = 3.8

    So the pressure increased 3.8 times.

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