Buoyancy Force Acting on a Gas Bubble
Paragraph for Question Nos. 38 to 40
A small spherical monoatomic ideal gas bubble is trapped inside a liquid of density (see figure). Assume that the bubble does not exchange any heat with the liquid. The bubble contains moles of gas. The temperature of the gas when the bubble is at the bottom is , the height of the liquid is and the atmospheric pressure is (Neglect surface tension).

The buoyancy force acting on the gas bubble is (Assume is the universal gas constant)
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Step-by-Step Solution
To determine the buoyancy force acting on the gas bubble, we consider the thermodynamics of the rising bubble:
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Pressure of the Bubble:
Let be the depth of the liquid column and be the vertical height of the bubble measured from the bottom of the container.
The depth of the bubble below the free surface of the liquid is .
The pressure inside the bubble at height is equal to the hydrostatic pressure at that depth:
At the bottom (), the initial pressure is:
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Adiabatic Expansion of the Gas:
The gas inside the bubble consists of moles of a monoatomic ideal gas with an adiabatic index .
Since the expansion is adiabatic, the temperature and pressure are related by:
Substituting :
Given that the temperature of the gas at the bottom is , the temperature at height is:
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Volume of the Bubble:
Using the ideal gas equation , the volume of the bubble at height is:
Substituting the expressions for and :
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Buoyancy Force:
According to Archimedes' principle, the buoyant force exerted on the bubble by the liquid of density is:
Therefore, the correct option is (B).