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Offline 113zami

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Graham's law Q
« on: July 23, 2008, 05:12:46 PM »
 if for example a container holds CH4 and SO2. and I want to find the relationship between their speeds using Grahams law, if Vs is SO2's speed and Vm is CH4's speed then I think the answer should be Vs=2Vm  because methane is lighter so it's traveling twice as fast a SO2 but the book says the correct answer is Vm=2Vs.....I don't understand whyyyy? make no sense to me at all :-\

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Re: Graham's law Q
« Reply #1 on: July 23, 2008, 05:43:37 PM »
Vm=2Vs means that methane is twice as fast as sulfur dioxide, so it is exactly what you expect.
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