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From congruent starting properties the helium balloon would pop first as Helium is closer to being an ideal gas than air is. Air has adhesive properties that keep it from expanding as quickly as Helium.
The ideal gas law is PV=nRT
where
P=pressure
V=Volume
n=moles of gas present
T=temperature in degrees Kelvin
R=is the Gas constant that keeps all the units straight.
The VanderWaals gas equation is an attempt to more perfectly illustrate the behaviors of real gases.
P=(RT)/(V-b) -a/V2
here, in simple terms, (the exact definitions are much more complicated)
b=the actual volume taken up by the atoms/molecules of the gases
a=the energy needed to separate the gas atoms/molecules from each other
Helium has the lowest values of b and a for any gas.
using the values of b and a for helium and then the b and a values for air and then decreasing the value of the Volume and you will see that the pressure increases more quickly for Helium.
The (V-b) term produces differences that are virtually the same for different values of b
(Va1 -ba)-(Va2-ba) = dVa (Vb1-bb)-(Vb2-bb)=dVb
If the change in volume for both gas a and b then this term has little to no effect in our discussion of pressure.
for the term -a/V2 a similar change in volume for two different gases will produce differences in pressure by factors of the values of a.
(aa/V12)-(aa/V22)= aa/dV2 (ab/V12)-(ab/V22)= ab/dV2
if dV is the same for both then the (d)pressures differ by aa-ab. Note that this term is a negative term. That means that it decreases the pressure. So any gas with the higher value (of a) will produce a lower gas pressure on decreasing volume.
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I am assuming that a rubber balloon is meant here not a hot air balloon! Squeezing a balloon will give rise to a decrease in volume and a subsequent increase in internal pressure which may not be too large as the balloon expands in another part to compensate. Using the kinetic theory of gases (which shouldn't strictly be applied to this case but provides insights) the average energy of the particles inside depends on the temperature- the particles don't go any faster they just hit the inside of the balloon more often because of the decrease in volume.
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