A 250 cm³ container filled with argon at 273 K and 101.3 kPa weighed 48.30 g. Filled at 303 K and 105.9 kPa with the gas evolved by a photosynthesizing culture of green algae, it weighed 48.19 g. Assuming the unknown gas to be both dry, and a pure compound, attempt to identify its composition from these findings. (Density of argon at s.t.p. = 1.78 kg /m³; molar gas constant, R= 8.314 J K-¹ mol-¹)

A 250 cm³ container filled with argon at 273 K and 101.3 kPa weighed 48.30 g. Filled at 303 K and 105.9 kPa with the gas evolved by a photosynthesizing culture of green algae, it weighed 48.19 g. Assuming the unknown gas to be both dry, and a pure compound, attempt to identify its composition from these findings. (Density of argon at s.t.p. = 1.78 kg /m³; molar gas constant, R= 8.314 J K-¹ mol-¹)

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