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Q: Why are some gases heavier than others?
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Why are some people's heads heavier than others?

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What can gases do that solids cant?

They can take the shape of their container, and some are able to rise above air (some gases are lighter and some are heavier than room air.)


What gases are heavier than helium?

Helium exists as a monatomic gas, with atomic mass of 4.0. Thus any gas with a molecular mass higher than 4.0 would be heavier than helium. Hydrogen is the only gas that is lighter than helium; all others are heavier than helium.


Why do some gases travel faster than others?

some gases travel faster than other gases due to the gases density and the energy of the medium that the gase is traveling through.


Why then do some objects fall through the air at different rate than others?

Some may be may be heavier and have more mass than others.


Why then do some object fall through the air at a different rate than others?

Some may be may be heavier and have more mass than others.


Why are some atoms are heavier than others?

some atoms are heavier than others as they have higher relative Atomic Mass, by which is equals to proton number + number of neutrons in an atom, according to the Periodic Table of the elements


Why are some cupboards heavier than others?

because there from different trees and some trees are heavier also if they are made out of metal it is the amount of metal they put in it.


Why is water heavier than the two gasses that compose it?

fluids are heavier than gases. When hydrogen its by itself is lighter than water as so the oxygen is also lighter. Once combined they form a fluid thus the combination of two gases produced a fluid which will turn heavier.


Does a lighter gas effuse slower than heavier gases?

yup


What determines if gases or vapors are lighter or heavier than air?

Their densities


What are the characteristics of gases and vapors that are heavier than air?

They sink below the air.