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KCET · Chemistry · States of Matter

Which of the following gases has the highest value of RMS velocity at \(298 \mathrm{~K}\) ?

  1. A \(\mathrm{CH}_{4}\)
  2. B \(\mathrm{CO}\)
  3. C \(\mathrm{Cl}_{2}\)
  4. D \(\mathrm{CO}_{2}\)
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(A) \(\mathrm{CH}_{4}\)

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RMS-velocity of a gas \(v_{\text {rms }}=\sqrt{\frac{3 R T}{M}}\)
Hence, higher the molecular weigth of a gas, lower will be its RMS-velocity
\(v_{\text {rms }} \propto \sqrt{\frac{1}{M}}\)
\(\therefore \mathrm{CH}_{4}\) (mol. weight \(=16\) ) has highest RMS-velocity.