Which gas would have the slowest rate of diffusion, assuming that all gases are at the same temperature?

krypton (atomic mass 83.8 amu)

argon (atomic mass 39.95 amu)

xenon (atomic mass 131.3 amu)

radon (atomic mass 222 amu)

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Isaac Buchanan

Chemistry

4 April, 18:45

Which gas would have the slowest rate of diffusion, assuming that all gases are at the same temperature?

krypton (atomic mass 83.8 amu)

argon (atomic mass 39.95 amu)

xenon (atomic mass 131.3 amu)

radon (atomic mass 222 amu)

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Jovanni Camacho · Answer 1

Radon will effuse/diffuse the slowest while argon will effuse/diffuse the fastest, to find how much faster one element diffuses than the other you could use this formula √atomic mass of element b/atomic mass of element a.

Which gas would have the slowest rate of diffusion, assuming that all gases are at the same temperature?krypton (atomic mass 83.8 amu)argon (atomic mass 39.95 amu)xenon (atomic mass 131.3 amu)radon (atomic mass 222 amu)

Which gas would have the slowest rate of diffusion, assuming that all gases are at the same temperature?

krypton (atomic mass 83.8 amu)

argon (atomic mass 39.95 amu)

xenon (atomic mass 131.3 amu)

radon (atomic mass 222 amu)