Asked by Anna
The GoodYear blimp is kept aloft by helium gas which fills a volume of 4559m^3. It can carry a maximum load of 1176kg. How much more mass could the blimp carry if it were filled with hydrogen? Take the density of helium gas to be 0.160kg/m^3 and that of hydrogen to be 0.081kg/m^3
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Steve
The mass saved by using H2 could be put into cargo, so just figure the difference in mass between He and H2 for the volume involved:
4559(.160-.081) = 360kg
so, it could lift 1176+360 = 1536 kg
4559(.160-.081) = 360kg
so, it could lift 1176+360 = 1536 kg
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