Question

If hydrogen diffuses at the rate of 10 cm³ per second from a given apparatus under given conditions of temperature and pressure, calculate under same conditions: a) the volume of oxygen (O₂) which diffuses in 20 seconds ​

Answer 1

Volume of O₂ = 200cm³

Step-by-step explanation:

Rate of diffusion of gas is directly and inversely proportional to the volume and time taken for the gas to diffuse completely.

Volume

R = -----------

time

let R₁ represent the rate at which the given volume of hydrogen gases diffuses and R₂ represent the rate at which the the volume of the oxygen gas diffused.

V₁, V₂, T₁ and T₂ follows the same process

If the two gases diffuses at the same rate, then;-

R₁ = R₂

V₁ V₂

---------- = ------------

T₁ T₂

V₂

10 = ----------------

20

V₂ = 20•10

V₂ = 200cm³

Therefore, the volume of oxygen that could diffuse in 20 seconds is 200cm³