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Date Posted: 7/2/2008 1:21:16 AM  Status: Closed
Dispersion
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When argon is placed in a container of neon, the argon spontaneously disperses throughout the neon because ____________

a) the dispersion of argon atoms produces an increase in disorder
b) a decrease in energy occurs when the two mix
c) of hydrogen bonding
d) of the large attractive forces between argon and neon atoms
e) of solvent-solute interactions
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Date Posted: 7/2/2008 3:32:28 AM  Status: Live
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  b) is the correct answer because the spontaneous reactions are occurs to wards the decrease in energy of the system.
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the answer was a)

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Date Posted: 7/2/2008 7:12:19 AM  Status: Live
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a) the dispersion of argon atoms produces an increase in disorder.
   Increase in Disorder of the system increases the Entropy and the system becomes random which  Increases Disorder of the system.
Spontaneous reactions have high entrophy values. 
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Date Posted: 7/2/2008 11:57:30 AM  Status: Live
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Response:
 It is just solvent - solute interations (e)
 Here both the gases are inert gases, there will no  chemical interaction between them
 the both gases mix together to form a homogeneous gas in gas solution
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the answer was a)



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