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Grade 12Physical Chemistry

Helium gas takes 5 second to effuse from a hole of 10 dm^3 container how long would it take for 10 dm^3 of oxygen to effuse from same container at same temperature and pressure

Profile image of Sagar
7 Years agoGrade 12
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Profile image of Shweta Ahire
7 Years ago
Rate of effusion can be defined as  volume / time 
 rate of he/ rate of O2=under root M.W. O2/ M.w.he
 
So (10/5)/(10/T)=under root 32/4
 So T =14.14
Hence, Oxygen will take 14.14 sec to effuse