Question
A hot air balloon is a sphere of radius 8 m . The air inside is at a temperature of $60^{\circ} \mathrm{C}$. How large a mass can the balloon lift when the outside temperature is $20^{\circ} \mathrm{C}$ ? (Assume air is an ideal gas, $\mathrm{R}=8.314 \mathrm{~J} \mathrm{~mole}^{-1} \mathrm{~K}^{-1}, 1 \mathrm{~atm} .=1.013 \times$ $10^5$ Pa the membrane tension is $5 \mathrm{~N} \mathrm{~m}^{-1}$)