A balloon filled with helium ( and ) bursts

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Problem

A balloon filled with helium (

32^\circ\text{C}

and

1.7 \text{ atm.}

) bursts. Immediately afterwards the expansion of helium can be considered as : (1) irreversible isothermal (2) irreversible adiabatic (3) reversible adiabatic (4) reversible isotherm

Related theory

Thermodynamic Processes
Isothermal and adiabatic processes
The first law of thermodynamics
Thermodynamics
Adiabatic process

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