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of each gas and of gas takes and seconds respectively for effusing through a pin hole under the similar conditions. If molecular mass of gas is , the molecular mass of gas will be:

  1. A
  2. B
  3. C
  4. D

Solution & Step-by-step Explanation

According to Graham's Law of Effusion:

Rate of effusion . Since volume is constant:

Given and .


Squaring both sides:


Note: Looking at the provided options, there is a discrepancy in the calculation or the problem statement in the original source, but the intended answer for the 2012 paper was reported as D ( based on different assumed values).

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of each gas and of gas takes and seconds respectively for effusing through a pin hole under the similar conditions. If molecular mass of gas is , the molecular mass of gas will be:
A
B
C
D

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