Characteristic Properties of Gases

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Characteristic Properties of Gases: Overview

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Important Questions on Characteristic Properties of Gases

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Which of the following pairs contain gases heavier than N2?

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Vml of H2 gas diffuses through a small hole in a container in time t1. How much time will be required by oxygen gas for the diffusion of same volume?

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The rate of diffusion of a gas having molecular weight just double of hydrogen gas is 30 mls-1. The rate of diffusion of hydrogen gas will be

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Density of gaseous mixture A and B from percentage volume is given as

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Pure O2 diffuses through an aperture in 224 sec, where as mixture of O2 and another gas containing 80% O2, diffuses from the same in 234 sec. What is molecular weight of the gas.

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A gas is effusing in vacuum at rate r1 and in air at rate r2, then :

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Give one word for the following.
Movement of one gas molecule into another gas.

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Which description fits best for a gas?

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At constant pressure and temperature the rates of diffusion rA and rB of gases A and B having densities dA and dB are related as :-

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A manometer reads the pressure of a gas in an enclosure as shown in the figure :

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The absolute and gauge pressure of the gas in cm of mercury is (Take atmospheric pressure =76 cm of mercury)

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There are large vacant space between the molecules known as _____.

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What are the measurable properties of gases?

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A certain gas takes three times as long to effuse out as helium. Its molecular mass will be

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List the characteristic physical properties of the gases.

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Name the term used for mixing of different gases by random molecular motion and frequent collision. (diffusion/osmosis)

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Diffusion of one mole of Nitrogen gas at 08 atm takes 38 seconds through a pinhole, whereas diffusion of one mole of an unknown compound of xeon with fluorine at 1.6 atm takes 57 seconds through the same hole. Find out the molecular formula of the compound. Mxe=138 gm/mole and MF=19 gm/mole  

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When a balloon of radius 10 m having of mass 100 kg is filled with helium, at 1.66 bar in which given density of air is 1.2 kg m3 and R=0.083 bar dm3 K/mol), the pay load will be: 

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At 270C, H2 gas is leaked through a tiny hole into a vessel for 20 minutes. Another unknown gas, at the same temperature and pressure, as that of H2, is leaked through the same hole for 20 minutes. The mixture of gases exerts a pressure of 6 atm after the effusion. If concentration of H2 is 0.7 mol and volume of vessel is 3 litre, then calculate the molecular weight of the unknown gas.

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“When stating the volume of gas, the pressure and temperature should also be given.” Why?