(a) which of these gases would you expect to have the largest van der waals constant a? H2, HF, F2******** (b) which of these gases would you expect to have the largest van der waals constant b? H2, HCL, CL2

Respuesta :

Answer: For question (a) HF would have the largest Van der Waal's constant a and for question (b) H2 would have the largest Van der Waal's constant b.

Explanation:

Since constant a,

F2 = 1.171, HF = 9.565 and H2 = 0.2453

And constant b,

H2 = 0.02651, HCl = 0.04061 and Cl2 = 0.05422

Therefore, highest constant a, is HF and highest constant b, is H2.