Engineering Board Exam Reviewer · Thermodynamics · medium
A gas has a specific gas constant of 0.2598 kJ/kg· K. What is its molecular weight?
- 32 kg/kmol
- 28 kg/kmol
- 44 kg/kmol
- 2 kg/kmol
Answer
A. 32 kg/kmol
Solution
M = R/R = 8.314/0.2598 32 kg/kmol (oxygen).
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