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Gas Effusion Theory doesn't apply here, because of various conditions,
especially because it is a very simplified concept of what is actually taking
place, and for this to actually happen, the container cannot be pressurized.
The best way to actually approach this problem would be to use thermodynamics
and assuming you know the area of the pinhole, the temperatures inside and
out, the pressure inside and out, you could assume ideal gas, except that the
gas compresses (different density) and you could assume that there exists no
temperature drop due to leaking gas (which actually happens (but the effect
due to this on time would be negligible)
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