This question is recalling the behavior of real gases in contrast to ideal gases, defined by the van der Waals equation and the ideal gas law respectively, and a reason behind the increasing discrepancy is required.
In such a way, we can start by considering the attached picture in which the choices are shown and clearly, the answer is "<u>as the polarity of the molecules increase</u>".
The aforementioned can be explained with the concept of intermolecular forces, because ideal gas theory states that ideal gas molecules do not interact one to another, and, as the polarity of the molecules increase, these intermolecular forces increase their frequency and strength, and will lead to the formation of associations, which fail to be numerically modelled by simple equations of state such as van der Waals, Redlich-Kwong, Peng-Robinson, etc,.
These associations are, of course, thoroughly neglected by the ideal gas law whereas the ones included in the van der Waals equation, which are not the most reliable, merely attempt to approach this phenomenon, which cause the mentioned discrepancy. As an additional data, robust equations of state, such as CPA (cubic plus association) are able to provide reliable results when working with highly polar gases but turn out really tough to work with due to its mathematical complexity.
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The mass number = protons + electrons
Atomic number= protons (and electrons)
You can determine the number of neutrons by subtracting the number of protons from the mass number
To work this out you do 400÷20=20
I can't find the c orrect ratio in the selection. The formula for beryl is Be3Al2(SiO3)6 so it should be 3:2:6.
You can use the periodic table.
H2O = Water
Two hydrogen
One oxygen
I don’t know if your numbers are rounded but if you look at your periodic table, you will see a number close to 1.008 for hydrogen and a number close to 15.999 for oxygen. You can multiple the number for hydrogen twice and add 15.999. You should get a number close to 18.015 g/mol.