Graham's Law of Diffusion

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Graham's Law of Diffusion: Overview

This Topic covers sub-topics such as Graham's DIffusion Law and Applications of Graham's Diffusion Law

Important Questions on Graham's Law of Diffusion

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Two gases A and B having the same volume diffuse through a porous partition in 20 and 10 seconds respectively. The molecular mass of A is 49 u. Molecular mass of B will be:

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From a heated mixture of nitrogen, oxygen and carbon, two compounds (out of the many obtained) are isolated. The rates of diffusion of the two isolated compounds are almost identical. The two compounds are

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Two gases A and B are kept in two cylinders and allowed to diffuse through a small hole. If the time taken by gas A is four times the time taken by gas B for diffusion of equal volume of gas under similar conditions of temperature and pressure, what will be the ratio of their molecular masses?

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A cylinder is filled with a mixture of equal number of molecules of oxygen, carbon dioxide and helium. When leakage occurs, do equal amounts of gases come out? Give a reason.

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500 mL of a mono atomic gas X diffuses through a hole at a pressure of 4 atm and 127°C1500 mL of another elemental diatomic gas Y diffuses through the same hole at pressure of 2 atm and 27°C. If the time taken for both the diffusion process is same, then compare the atomic weights of the two gases.

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The ratio of rates of diffusion of two gases X and Y is 4 : 11. If the molecular mass of Y is double to the molecular mass of oxygen, then X is:

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If equal volumes of two gases, CH4 and O2, are allowed to diffuse, then the time taken for diffusion of CH4 is found to be:

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Under similar conditions of temperature and pressure the ratio of rate of diffusion of methane and sulphur dioxide is 2 : 1.

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The rate of diffusion of two gases A & B at same volume are 8 and 12 m/s respectively. If gas A hass molecular weight is 81 g/mol, so what will be the molecular weight of gasB ?

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A balloon filled with helium is pierced with a needle and quickly dropped in a tank of hydrogen gas under identical conditions, the balloon will

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Equal volumes of two gases A and B diffuse through a porous pot in 20 and 10 seconds respectively. If the molar mass of A is 80, calculate the molar mass of B.

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Through the two ends of a glass tube of length 200 cm, hydrogen chloride gas HCl and ammonia NH3 are allowed to enter. At what distance ammonium chloride will first appear ?

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State the Graham's law of diffusion and derive the equation to calculate molecular masses of unknown gases.

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State Graham's law of diffusion. Write any two applications of Graham's law of diffusion. 

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Select the correct statement according to Graham's law of diffusion.

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The time taken for a certain volume of gas to diffuse through a small hole was 2 min. Under similar conditions an equal volume of oxygen took 5.65 minute to pass. The molecular mass of the gas is

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100 mL of O2 gas diffuses in 10 s. 100 mL of gasX' diffuses in ' t ' second. Gas ' X ' and time ' t ' can be

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The rates of diffusion of gases A and B of molecular weights 100 and 81 respectively are in the ratio of

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At STP 16 mL of O2 diffused through a porous partition in t seconds. What volume of CO2 will diffuse in the same time and under the same conditions?

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If two molecules of A and B having mass 100 Kg and 64 Kg and rate of diffusion of A is 12×10-3, then rate of diffusion of B will be