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Graham ’ s Law

Graham ’ s Law. Rate of Diffusion and Effusion. Introduction. When we first open a container of ammonia, it takes time for the odor to travel from the container to all parts of a room. This shows the motion of gases through other gases.

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Graham ’ s Law

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  1. Graham’s Law Rate of Diffusion and Effusion
  2. Introduction When we first open a container of ammonia, it takes time for the odor to travel from the container to all parts of a room. This shows the motion of gases through other gases. In this case, ammonia gas, NH3, moves through air. This is an example of diffusion and effusion.
  3. Introduction Diffusion is the tendency of a gas to move toward areas of lower density. Ammonia moving throughout a room. Effusion is the escape of a gas from a container from a small hole. Air escaping from a car tire.
  4. Introduction In 1831, the Scottish physical chemist, Thomas Graham, first showed the relationship between the mass of a gas molecule and its rate of diffusion or effusion. This is called Graham’s Law. “The rate of effusion of a gas is inversely proportional to the square root of the gas’s molar mass.”
  5. Introduction The law comes from the relationship between the speed, mass, and kineticenergy of a gas molecule. At a given temperature, the average kineticenergy of all gas molecules in a mixture is the same value. If gas A has KEA = ½mAvA2 If gas B has KEB = ½mBvB2 Then KEA = KEB ➙ ½mAvA2 = ½mBvB2
  6. vA2 mB vAmB vA2mB = = = vBmA vB2 mA vB2 mA Introduction ½mAvA2 = ½mBvB2 The ½’s cancel out. mAvA2 = mBvB2 Get all speed and mass terms together. Take the square root of both sides. Simplify. The speed of an individual gas molecule is inversely proportional to its mass.
  7. vAmB rateAMB rateAmB = = = vB mA rateBmA rateBMA Introduction ➙ ➙ If we extend this to all of the gas, the speed becomes the rate the mass becomes the molar mass Which leads us back to Graham’s Law: “The rate of effusion of a gas is inversely proportional to the square root of the gas’s molar mass.”
  8. rateAMB = rateBMA Application This is how we apply Graham’s law. We compare the rates of effusion of different gases.
  9. rateH2MO2 32.00 g/mol = 16.00 = = rateO2MH2 2.00 g/mol Example 1 Compare the rate of effusion of hydrogen gas to the rate of effusion of oxygen gas at a constant temperature. MH2 = 2.00 g/mol MO2 = 32.00 g/mol = 4.00 Hydrogen gas effuses at a rate 4 times faster than oxygen.
  10. (4.00 g/mol)(6.04)2 (rateHe)2 MA rateHeMA (MHe)(rateHe)2 MA = MA = = = (rateA)2MHe rateAMHe (rateA)2 (1.00)2 Example 2 A sample of helium, He, effuses through a porous container 6.04 times faster than does unknown gas A. What is the molar mass of the unknown gas? MHe = 4.00 g/mol rateHe = 6.04 MA = A g/mol rateA = 1.00 ➙ ➙ = 146 g/mol ➙
  11. rateAMB = rateBMA Summary Diffusion is the tendency of a gas to move toward areas of lower density. Effusion is the escape of a gas from a container from a small hole. Graham’s Law: the rate of effusion of a gas is inversely proportional to the square root of the gas’s molar mass.
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