Chemistry 10th Edition

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Chapter 12 - Gases and the Kinetic-Molecular Theory - Exercises - The Kinetic-Molecular Theory and Molecular Speeds - Page 444: 86

Answer

$CH_{2}Cl_{2}\lt Kr\lt N_{2}\lt CH_{4}$

Work Step by Step

Average molecular speed $\bar{u}\propto \sqrt \frac{T}{M}$ where T is the temperature and M is the molecular weight. Since T is same(25°C), average molecular speed is large for gases with small M. Based on molecular weight M, we can arrange the gases in the order $CH_{4}$(16.04 g/mol)$\lt N_{2}$(28.0 g/mol)$\lt$Kr(83.798 g/mol)$\lt CH_{2}Cl_{2}$(84.93 g/mol) This implies that the increasing order of average molecular speed is $CH_{2}Cl_{2}\lt Kr\lt N_{2}\lt CH_{4}$
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