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A balloon is given to us which is filled with helium gas. If we keep this balloon overnight we will observe that the size of the balloon reduces. Another observation is that as the size of the balloon reduces its ability to float also reduced. The reason behind these two observation is asked.

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The size of the balloon reduces because the walls of the balloon are not rigid due to this the molecules of the air diffuse through the walls of the balloon. However, the rate of diffusion is slow enough due to which the balloon takes little time to get deflated.

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