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Estimate the fraction of molecular volume to the actual volume occupied by oxygen gas at STP. Take the diameter of an oxygen molecules to be 3 Å

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At S.T.P., actual volume occupied by 1 mole of oxygen is

V = 22400 ml

= 22400 cm3

Also, molecular volume,

V' = 4/3 πR3N

where R = D/2 = 3/2 Å

= 3/2 x 10-8 = 1.5 x 10-8 cm

and N = 6.023 x 1023

Hence, V' = 4/3 x 3.143 x (1.5 x 10-8)3 x 6.023 x 1023

= 8.52 cm3

Fraction of molecular volume to actual volume = V'/V

= 8.52/22400 = 3.8 x 10-4 = 4 x 10-4



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