What is the radius of the spherical air bubble before it reaches the surface?

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To determine the radius of a spherical air bubble rising from 10 meters below a lake's surface, one must consider the pressure changes due to depth and temperature differences. The initial radius of the bubble is 1 mm, and the temperature increases from 4.0 degrees Celsius at the bottom to 27 degrees Celsius at the surface. The ideal gas law can be applied, using the relationship P1*V1/T1 = P2*V2/T2, to find the volume change as the bubble rises. The pressure at the bottom includes both atmospheric pressure and the pressure due to the water column. The conversion from millibars to pascals is necessary for accurate calculations, with 1 bar equating to 10^5 Pa.
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Hi,i came across this problem in a past exam paper and i got a bit stuck on it,can anyone enlighten me please?im prob just missing something really obvious and basic...

A spherical air bubble at the bottom of a lake,10m below the surface,has a radius of 1mm. The temperature at the bottom of the lake is 4.0degrees celsius. The bubble gets dislodged and rises slowly to the surface,where the temperature is 27degrees celsius.if the atmospheric pressure is 1030 mbar,what is the radius of the bubble just before it reaches the surface?(neglect surface tension)

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i really don't know...


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my first problem is that i don't know the conversion factor for millibars to an SI pressure unit,or if i even need to convert the pressure value to SI units?

could i possibly use ratios to solve for the volume of the bigger bubble,such as the ideal gas equation: P1*V1/T1= P2*V2/T2?
and then use the volume of a sphere formula to solve for the radius?

although i don't think this approach is right as i would not be making use of the ten metre figure??any ideas or hints would be fantastic,as they don't give solutions at the back of the papers,just answers,which arent really that much use to me... thanks
 
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Your approach is generally correct. You would be making use of the 10 meters in finding the pressure difference between the two locations. 1 bar is 10^5 Pa

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pressure
 
thanks for that-much appreciated!:biggrin:
 

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