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Identify the gas particle that travels the fastest

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the gas with the smallest molar mass --- H2
User Abderrahmen Hanafi
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The larger the mass, the smaller speed as the kinetic energy is the same, and the more polar the molecule, the harder for it to escape from its pals, so the smaller its speed as it deviates more from ideal gas.
Therefore H2 is the answer
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