The full question asks to decide whether the gas was a specific gas. That part is missing in your question. You need to decide whether the gas in the flask is pure helium.
To decide it you can find the molar mass of the gas in the flask, using the ideal gas equation pV = nRT, and then compare with the molar mass of the He.
From pV = nRT you can find n, after that using the mass of gass in the flask you use MM = mass/moles.
1) From pV = nRT, n = pV / RT
Data:
V = 118 ml = 0.118 liter
R = 0.082 atm*liter/mol*K
p = 768 torr * 1 atm / 760 torr = 1.0105 atm
T = 35 + 273.15 = 308.15 K
n = 1.015 atm * 0.118 liter / [ 0.082 atm*liter/K*mol * 308.15K] =0.00472 mol
mass of gas = mass of the fask with the gas - mass of the flasl evacuated = 97.171 g - 97.129 g = 0.042
=> MM = mass/n = 0.042 / 0.00472 = 8.90 g/mol
Now from a periodic table or a table you get that the molar mass of He is 4g/mol
So the numbers say that this gas is not pure helium , because its molar mass is more than double of the molar mass of helium gas.
The electronegativity of nitrogen (N) is 3.0, while the electronegativity of hydrogen (H) is 2.1. As it can be seen that nitrogen (N) is more electronegative than that of hydrogen (H),
So electron pairs are attracted towards nitrogen and thus it carries a partial negative charge and hydrogen carries a partial positive charge. The image of electron distribution is attached as follows.
Thus NH₃ is a polar molecule .
Mineral because its not a rock
