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The rate of diffusion of a gas is inversely related to the molecular weight of that gas. The lighter the gas, the faster it diffuses. Hydrogen is the lightest of all gases having a molecular weight of only 2. Thus it diffuses faster than all others.
CO diffuses faster than CO2 because it is a smaller molecule
Xenon has a relative mass of 131.293. A gas which diffuses 1.86 times faster would have a mass of 37.950 approx. The nearest gas is Argon with a mass of 39.948.
gas diffuses through the air faster when their is more energy (heat) causing air particles to move and mix faster than normal when a gas is cooled the particles are forced to squeeze together there for stopping diffusion. D.Smith age 11
14 g/mole
oxygen
Oxygen diffuse faster.
carbon
The rate of diffusion of a gas is inversely related to the molecular weight of that gas. The lighter the gas, the faster it diffuses. Hydrogen is the lightest of all gases having a molecular weight of only 2. Thus it diffuses faster than all others.
Diffusion would happen quicker in gas because the particles in gas move at a higher rate than in liquid. Particles in liquid are also more uniform than that of gas deeming it to take a longer time to dissolve.
CO diffuses faster than CO2 because it is a smaller molecule
Oxygen
Oxygen diffuses into cells. Carbon dioxide diffuses out.
o2 diffuses into blood from alveoli of lungs through the respiratory membran.
RESPIRATORY system (lungs) brings oxygen-containing air into tiny air sacs called alveoli where the oxygen diffuses into the CIRCULATORY SYSTEM (blood vessels) and carbon dioxide diffuses out of the blood vessels which is then exhaled.
carbon dioxide
CO2 diffuses faster because it has a lower molecular mass.