While completing Experiment F, a student was determining an experimental value for the gas constant (R) by adding sodium nitrite to sulfamic acid in an Erlenmeyer flask which was connected to an inverted buret. However, the student accidentally agitated the reaction flask too vigorously: the flask's stopper became unsealed and some nitrogen gas escaped into the room. As a result the calculated value for the gas constant for this run would be:?
1) the same as if no gas had been lost since nitrogen from the atmosphere replaces the lost nitrogen gas.
2) less than the expected value for R.
3) the same as if no gas had been lost since the amount of nitrogen collected in the buret will be lowered by the same amount.
4) zero.
5) greater than the expected value for R.