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ISBN: 9781260826524

Author: Tillery

Publisher: MCG

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Ideal gas law states that the product of pressure and volume of a gas directly varies with the product of the number of moles, the universal gas constant, and the temperature of the gas.

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Chapter 19, Problem 22AC

The most abundant extrusive rock is

a. granite.

b. silicate.

c. basalt.

d. limestone.

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