(October 8, 2009 at 6:19 pm)Arcanus Wrote: You did not present any evidence, nor was I aware of any. So I made the request. You see, my mind struggles to understand why "one mole of nitrogen" would weigh more inside a balloon than it did outside of it, for when you inflate a balloon, you are simply transferring molecules from outside the balloon to inside it. Nevertheless, I think leo-rcc made sense of the issue for me.
Well, that wasn't what I meant, I was thinking about atomic weight and mass without taking into account the atmosphere. That IS how it has to work, so Leo gets +1 internets and I get -1 for missing something obvious.
Rhizo