QuestionGaseous state / effusion
One hundred molecules of Oxygen (O₂) escape through a small hole on a container at a pressure of 1 torr and temperature of 300 K per second to vacuum. The number of hydrogen molecules that would escape per second through the same hole under the same conditions of temperature and pressure is:
(M.W. of O₂ = 32 g mol⁻¹ and M.W. of H₂ = 2 g mol⁻¹)
- (a) 1200
- (b) 800
- (c) 1600
- (d) 400
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