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Navygal
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The Problem
A sample of N2 gas is contaminated with a gas. It is found that that contaminant effuses at 0.25 times the rate of N2. What is the contaminating gas?
Choices are: He, Cl2, H2, Kr, Rn
Rate x/Rate N2 = (square root of:) Mass N2/Mass x
Where Rate x =0.25 Rate N2
By plugging in the values I get a mass of x that is over 400, and none of the above choices weight that much
Another option I tried is using just Nitrogen instead of N2 which gives me Mass x = 224 which comes close to the 222 that I got. But I have a feeling that it's wrong and not sure how to justify my answer
Any help would be greatly appreciated
A sample of N2 gas is contaminated with a gas. It is found that that contaminant effuses at 0.25 times the rate of N2. What is the contaminating gas?
Choices are: He, Cl2, H2, Kr, Rn
Homework Equations
Rate x/Rate N2 = (square root of:) Mass N2/Mass x
Where Rate x =0.25 Rate N2
The Attempt at a Solution
By plugging in the values I get a mass of x that is over 400, and none of the above choices weight that much
Another option I tried is using just Nitrogen instead of N2 which gives me Mass x = 224 which comes close to the 222 that I got. But I have a feeling that it's wrong and not sure how to justify my answer
Any help would be greatly appreciated