Why does one mole of zinc does not have a volume of 24 dm3 at room temperature and pressure?
Why does one mole of zinc does not have a volume of 24 dm3 at room temperature and pressure?
Why does one mole of zinc does not have a volume of 24 dm3 at room temperature and pressure?
1 Answer
It is because it is not an ideal gas.
Explanation:
The molar volume of an ideal gas at
However, the term "ideal gas" only specifies to the hypothetical gas such that no molecules interact with one another, i.e. no intermolecular forces.
But as we know in the real world, of course there are going to be some molecules that are attracted to one another, which will break the definition of an ideal gas. As far as we know, there are no perfectly ideal gases in the universe.
Still, we can use the term "ideal gas" to refer to real gases at low pressure and high temperatures. So, many real gases behave similarly to the definition of an ideal gas, so we can still use gas equations and apply them to real gases.
That is why one mole of zinc gas at room temperature would not be exactly
