What is the mole fraction of each component gas in a mixture composed of #66.8*g# #"dioxygen"#, #44.1*g# #"dinitrogen"#, and #21.5# #"dihydrogen"#?

1 Answer
Dec 13, 2017

Approx...#0.15#

Explanation:

#chi_"component gas"="moles of component gas"/"Total moles of gases in container"#...

...where #chi="mole fraction..."#

And we note that most gases are BINUCLEAR, and so we deal with dioxygen, dinitrogen, dihydrogen, etc...

#chi_(O_2)=((66.8*g)/(32.00*g*mol^-1))/((66.8*g)/(32.00*g*mol^-1)+(44.1*g)/(28.02*g*mol^-1)+(21.5*g)/(2.014*g*mol^-1)#

#=??#

And, clearly, #chi# is a DIMENSIONLESS property...