Chemistry: Atoms First
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Chapter 25, Problem 25.42QP
At 620 K, the vapor density of ammonium chloride relative to hydrogen (H2) under the same conditions of temperature and pressure is 14.5, although, according to its formula mass, it should have a vapor density of 26.8. How would you account for this discrepancy?
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