Principles of General Chemistry
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Author: SILBERBERG, Martin S.
Publisher: McGraw-Hill College
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Chapter 5, Problem 5.61P
White phosphorus melts and then vaporizes at high tempature. The gas effuses at a rate that is 0.404 times that of neon in same apparatus under the same conditions. How many atoms are in a molecule of gaseous white phosphorus?
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