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An ideal gas is modelled as particles with negligible volume and no intermolecular attraction, obeying Boyle's, Charles's and Avogadro's laws through PV = nRT. Real gases deviate from this behaviour, especially at high pressure and low temperature, because particle volume and attractive forces matter; the van der Waals equation explains these corrections.

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  • A. high temperature and low pressure
  • B. low temperature and high pressure
  • C. high temperature and high pressure
  • D. standard temperature and pressure

Explanation: At high pressure the molecules are close enough that their own volume is no longer negligible, and at low temperature they move slowly…

Correct answer: low temperature and high pressure
  • A. the volume occupied by the gas molecules
  • B. the intermolecular forces of attraction
  • C. the number of moles present
  • D. the temperature of the gas

Explanation: The term involving a raises the measured pressure to what it would have been without attractions pulling molecules away from the wall, so…

Correct answer: the intermolecular forces of attraction
  • A. the mass of the container
  • B. the finite volume of the molecules and the attractive forces between them
  • C. the speed of the molecules
  • D. the colour of the gas

Explanation: The constant b subtracts the volume actually occupied by the molecules and the constant a adds back the pressure lost to intermolecular…

Correct answer: the finite volume of the molecules and the attractive forces between them
  • A. boiling point
  • B. critical temperature
  • C. melting point
  • D. triple point

Explanation: Above the critical temperature no amount of pressure will produce a liquid, because the molecules have too much kinetic energy for the…

Correct answer: critical temperature
  • A. Helium
  • B. Ammonia
  • C. Water vapour
  • D. Carbon dioxide

Explanation: Helium is a small non polar monatomic gas with very weak dispersion forces and negligible molecular volume, so it comes closest to the…

Correct answer: Helium
  • A. zero
  • B. exactly 1 at all pressures
  • C. always greater than 1
  • D. always less than 1

Explanation: By definition an ideal gas satisfies PV equal to nRT exactly, so Z is one under every condition.

Correct answer: exactly 1 at all pressures
  • A. Low Temp & High Pressure
  • B. High Temp & Low Pressure
  • C. High Temp & High pressure
  • D. Low Temp & Low Pressure

Explanation: Real gases approach ideal behaviour at high temperature and low pressure because attractive forces and molecular volume become relatively…

Correct answer: High Temp & Low Pressure
  • A. Water pollution
  • B. Sound pollution
  • C. Soil pollution
  • D. Air pollution Green Living & Environmental Issues

Explanation: A cyclone collector removes particulate matter from a moving gas stream by centrifugal action, forcing dust particles toward the collector…

Correct answer: Air pollution Green Living & Environmental Issues
  • A. Source
  • B. Receptor
  • C. Sink
  • D. All of them

Explanation: A sink is an environmental medium or reservoir that absorbs and stores pollutants, especially persistent pollutants that remain for long…

Correct answer: Sink
  • A. Hydrogen tank
  • B. Nitrogen tank
  • C. Oxygen tank
  • D. None of these

Explanation: Traffic police working in polluted, congested areas may use oxygen supplied from an oxygen tank to reduce the effects of inhaling air…

Correct answer: Oxygen tank
  • A. Compound
  • B. Element
  • C. Electrolyte
  • D. Mixture

Explanation: Air is a mixture because it contains several gases, mainly nitrogen and oxygen, that are not chemically bonded in a fixed ratio.

Correct answer: Mixture
  • A. Cu Tubing used
  • B. Steel tubes used
  • C. Both a & b
  • D. Material does not effect by refrigerant

Explanation: Ammonia attacks copper and copper alloys, so copper tubing is unsuitable in an ammonia refrigeration system.

Correct answer: Steel tubes used
  • A. CFCs
  • B. CH3COOH
  • C. BOTH A & B
  • D. None Of These

Explanation: CFCs release chlorine radicals in the stratosphere, and these radicals catalytically destroy ozone molecules.

Correct answer: CFCs
  • A. 2 moles of gas
  • B. 1 mole of gas
  • C. 5 moles of gas
  • D. 3moles of gas

Explanation: In the van der Waals treatment, the effective volume correction is commonly expressed for 1 mole of gas, with the constant b representing…

Correct answer: 1 mole of gas
  • A. Greenhouse effect
  • B. Fire in coal mines
  • C. Dry farming
  • D. Monsoon

Explanation: The greenhouse effect occurs when gases such as carbon dioxide, methane and water vapour absorb outgoing infrared radiation and warm the…

Correct answer: Greenhouse effect
  • A. Dalton's law
  • B. Gay Lussac's law
  • C. Henry's law
  • D. Raoult's law

Explanation: Henry's law states that, at constant temperature, the amount or concentration of a gas dissolved in a liquid is proportional to the gas's…

Correct answer: Henry's law
  • A. H2
  • B. CH4
  • C. He
  • D. NH3

Explanation: Helium behaves most ideally because its atoms are very small and have extremely weak intermolecular attractions, so deviations from the…

Correct answer: He
  • A. H+
  • B. H-
  • C. Cl-
  • D. All are stable

Explanation: Cl- is stable in aqueous solution because it is the conjugate base of a strong acid and is surrounded by hydrated water molecules without…

Correct answer: Cl-
  • A. Aug - Nov
  • B. Sep - Nov
  • C. Nov - Dec
  • D. Dec - Jan

Explanation: The Antarctic ozone hole reaches its greatest seasonal depletion during the Southern Hemisphere spring, especially from September to…

Correct answer: Sep - Nov
  • A. Cl2
  • B. O3
  • C. ClO2
  • D. both B & C

Explanation: Ozone and chlorine dioxide are effective water disinfectants and do not produce the chlorinated organic by-products associated with…

Correct answer: both B & C

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