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Offline Shahab Mirza

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Re: Chemistry GASES question, please help ?
« Reply #15 on: October 08, 2014, 04:08:45 AM »
I'm not convinced at all. In fact, I believe the "answer" 4 is plain wrong.

4 is only the ratio of the mean molecules' speed. To compute a diffusion coefficient, it also needs a mean free path or a mean collision frequency, which depends on the molecule size.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diffusion_coefficient#Gases
"sigma is the average collision diameter"
You maybe right sir, but i think in this question we are dealing with Graham's Law , my school friend solved it like this but i think he is wrong see this .
According to Graham's law 

( rate CH4 / rate SO2 ) ^2 = MM SO2 / MM CH4

= 64 / 16 = 4

so rate CH4 / rate SO2 = square root √4 = 2

CH4 diffuses 2 x as fast as SO2


his answer is 2 :/ answer should be 4

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Re: Chemistry GASES question, please help ?
« Reply #16 on: October 08, 2014, 04:29:43 AM »
Comparative rates of diffusion of He and SO2 will be

( rate CH4 / rate SO2 ) ^2 = MM SO2 / MM CH4

So which one it is: He/SO2 or CH4/SO2?
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Re: Chemistry GASES question, please help ?
« Reply #17 on: October 08, 2014, 06:09:59 PM »
Comparative rates of diffusion of He and SO2 will be

( rate CH4 / rate SO2 ) ^2 = MM SO2 / MM CH4

So which one it is: He/SO2 or CH4/SO2?

yeah sorry , i asked wrong thing Sir, I wanted to ask that is the method for solving both equations same or not , but due to overtime and tiredness i thought that both question are same , sorry :/

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