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assuming the magnesium ribbon wasn't sufficiently polished to remove a coating of magnesium oxie on the surface. how would this affect the volume of hydrogen gas produced? would this error cause the gas constant to be overestimated, underestimated, or remain unaffected? please explain your reasoning.

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The magnesium ribbon wasn't sufficiently polished to remove a coating of magnesium oxie on the surface. how would this affect the volume of hydrogen gas produced? would this error cause the gas constant to be overestimated, underestimated, or remain unaffected?

1. Since, the magnesium ribbon wasn’t sufficiently polished to remove a coating of magnesium oxide on surface, the actual mass of magnesium taken will be less (as it also contains magnesium oxide). Hence, the number of moles of magnesium reacted and the number of moles of hydrogen produced will be less.  Due to this, the volume of hydrogen gas produced will be less and the gas constant will be underestimated. R=\frac {PV}{nT} . Here n is calculated from weight of Mg taken but V is measured. Thus values of n will be same but the value of V will be lower. Hence, the value of R will be lower.

2. When droplets of water are remaining in the eudiometer tube, there volume will be added to the volume of hydrogen and the measured volume of hydrogen will be more than actual volume. Due to this, the value of the gas constant will be overestimated.

3. When small amount of hydrogen dissolves in water, the measured volume of hydrogen will be lower than the actual volume. This will underestimate the value of the gas constant.

4. When the temperature of the gas was underestimated, the value of the gas constant will be overestimated as the gas constant is inversely proportional to the temperature.            {PV}

                                                           R=

                                                                   {nT}.

Magnesium is a chemical detail with the symbol Mg and atomic number 12. it is a glittery gray solid which stocks many bodily and chemical residences with the alternative 5 alkaline earth metals (institution 2 of the periodic desk).

This element is produced in huge, growing old stars from the sequential addition of three helium nuclei to a carbon nucleus. whilst such stars explode as supernovas, a lot of the magnesium is expelled into the interstellar medium wherein it may recycle into new big name structures. Magnesium is the eighth maximum abundant element inside the Earth's crust and the fourth maximum not unusual detail in the Earth (after iron, oxygen and silicon), making up 13% of the planet's mass and a big fraction of the planet's mantle. it's miles the 0.33 maximum abundant detail dissolved in seawater, after sodium and chlorine.

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