Question
A gas, Y, diffuses 1.05 times faster than SO2 gas at the same conditions. What is the molecular weight of gas Y?
Answers
bobpursley
difusion rate is inversely proportional to MW. MW of SO2 is 32+32=64
1.05=sqrt (64/M)
M=64/1.05^2
1.05=sqrt (64/M)
M=64/1.05^2