An investigator is told that a closed vessel holds a pure rare gas. She measures the density of the gas in the vessel at 298 K and 1 atm pressure and finds it to be 0.8252 g/L.If she assumes that the vessel contains a pure gas, what gas does the investigator think is in the vessel?After turning in her report, she is told that the vessel actually contains a mixture of He and Ar. What percentage of the gas in the container is He?

The density of the gas, d = 0.8252 g/L Temperature of the gas, T = 298 K Pressure of the gas, P = 1…

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An investigator is told that a closed vessel holds a pure rare gas. She measures the density of the gas in the vessel at 298 K and 1 atm pressure and finds it to be 0.8252 g/L.
1. If she assumes that the vessel contains a pure gas, what gas does the investigator think is in the vessel?
2. After turning in her report, she is told that the vessel actually contains a mixture of He and Ar. What percentage of the gas in the container is He?

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