Question

Hydrogen and chlorine gases react to form HCl. You and a friend are on opposite sides of a long hallway, you with H2 and your friend with Cl2. You both want to form HCl in the middle of the room. Which of the following is true?
a) You should release the H2 first.
b) Your friend should release the Cl2 first.
c) You both should release the gases at the same time.
d) You need to know the length of the room to answer this question.
e) You need to know the temperature to answer this question.

Answer 1

Answer: It is true that Your friend should release the $Cl_{2}$ first.

Explanation:

The velocity of particles of a gas is inversely proportional to the mass of gas. This means that more is the mass of gas less will be its velocity.

Or, more will be the mass of gas more slowly it will move from one place to another.

The molar mass of chlorine gas is more than the molar mass of hydrogen gas. Therefore, chlorine gas will move slowly.

So, your friend should release the $Cl_{2}$ gas first and then according to the length of room you should release the $H_{2}$ gas.

Thus, we can conclude that it is true that Your friend should release the $Cl_{2}$ first.