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Air contains 79% nitrogen and 21% oxygen by volume. What is the molar fraction of oxygen in air?

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Answer: Found this from the internet: Air is a mixture of several gases, where the two most dominant components in dry air are 21 vol% oxygen and 78 vol% nitrogen. Oxygen has a molar mass of 15.9994 g/mol and nitrogen has a molar mass of 14.0067 g/mol.

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