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COMEDK · Chemistry · 5. States of Matter

The \(\mathrm{RMS}\) velocity of \(\mathrm{CH}_{4}, \mathrm{He}\) and \(\mathrm{SO}_{2}\) are in the ratio of

  1. A \(16: 4: 64\)
  2. B \(2: 1: 4\)
  3. C \(2: 4: 1\)
  4. D \(1: 4: 2\)
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(C) \(2: 4: 1\)

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\(v_{\mathrm{rms}}=\sqrt{\frac{3 R T}{M}}\) \(v_{\mathrm{rms}} \propto \frac{1}{\sqrt{M}}\), where \(M=\) molecular mass…