At a fixed temperature and pressure, a cylinder contains equal volumes of O2 and an unknown gas. The identity of the unknown gas CO.
The number of moles of a given substance is calculated by dividing the mass by the molar mass.
The number of moles of O₂ = [tex]\mathbf{=\dfrac{20.0 \ g}{32 \ g/mol}}[/tex]
= 0.625 moles.
Based on the given assumption, at fixed temperature and pressure;
The molar mass of the unknown gas can be estimated as:
[tex]\mathbf{= \dfrac{mass}{number \ of \ moles}}[/tex]
[tex]\mathbf{= \dfrac{17.5 \ g}{0.625 \ moles}}[/tex]
= 28 g/mol
Therefore, we can conclude that the unknown gas is CO.
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