Which of the following least resembles an ideal gas?

A. Ammonia
B. Helium
C. Hydrogen
D. Trichloromethane

Please explain your conclusion.

1 Answer
anor277
Dec 16, 2017

Well it's a choice between ammonia, and trichloromethane.....

Explanation:

Ideality assumes negligible interaction between the gaseous particles. For ammonia, a potent force of intermolecular interaction operates, i.e. hydrogen bonding, and many electron trichloromethane, better known as chloroform, #CHCl_3# is a room temperature liquid, the which is far from being even a non-ideal gas, #"boiling point,"# #61.2# #""^@C#, whereas for ammonia #"boiling point,"# #-33.3# #""^@C#

So to my mind, the answer is #D#...

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