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Chemistry Question

Which of the following gases are the least soluble in water?

a) oxygen
b) nitric oxide
c) hydrogen
d) ammonia
e) none of these

Could somebody tell me what the answer is and how they know? If any math is involved, please explain to me the process? I know it’s asking for a lot but this is my third time taking Chemistry and I need all the help I can get. Any helpful links are welcome.

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spiratec9 offline Verified User (1 year, 9 months) Long Term User Shouts: 2 #
Burnaby, BC, CA | 1 year, 3 months ago (11 minutes after post)

hydrogen

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spiratec9 offline Verified User (1 year, 9 months) Long Term User Shouts: 2 #
Burnaby, BC, CA | 1 year, 3 months ago (14 minutes after post)

ammonia and nitric oxide are very soluble.
Oxygen is partially soluble in water and if it wasn’t
then all off the fish in the ocean would die.
that leaves hydrogen. Very insoluble.

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spiratec9 offline Verified User (1 year, 9 months) Long Term User Shouts: 2 #
Burnaby, BC, CA | 1 year, 3 months ago (15 minutes after post)

ammonia and nitric oxide are very soluble.
Oxygen is partially soluble in water and if it wasn’t
then all of the fish in the ocean would die.
that leaves hydrogen. Very insoluble.

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lucif offline Verified User (1 year, 3 months) Long Term User Shouts: 7 #
An Unknown Location | 1 year, 3 months ago (17 minutes after post)

Oxygen. In comparison

Ammonia, is very solluable, and so is nitric oxide.
(just google)

however when it comes to hydrogen and oxygen, the two are very close.
Both can dissolve in water fairly well. But it is dependend on temperature, and even surface of your container.
I say oxygen is hardest to dissolve. because this is already in our air. And the water will have already reached an equilibirum with the surroundings conceirning oxygen. Hence all your normal condition test. will result in a higher solubility of hydrogen. (assuming a satured fluid) That is my reasoning. on a clean theoretical case, it is hydrogen.
This has a too stable bond with itself. (first layer) and will not dissolve easily at all.

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spiratec9 offline Verified User (1 year, 9 months) Long Term User Shouts: 2 #
Burnaby, BC, CA | 1 year, 3 months ago (18 minutes after post)

why is hydrogen insoluble?it’s an energetic little character
love to fly around fast. Wants to always escape. Won’t stay in the water.
It’s also very light will float to the top, escape.

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lucif offline Verified User (1 year, 3 months) Long Term User Shouts: 7 #
An Unknown Location | 1 year, 3 months ago (18 minutes after post)
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spiratec9 offline Verified User (1 year, 9 months) Long Term User Shouts: 2 #
Burnaby, BC, CA | 1 year, 3 months ago (19 minutes after post)

lucife your tables show hydrogen to be 10 times less soluble than oxygen.

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spiratec9 offline Verified User (1 year, 9 months) Long Term User Shouts: 2 #
Burnaby, BC, CA | 1 year, 3 months ago (20 minutes after post)

Or is it a hundred times?

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lucif offline Verified User (1 year, 3 months) Long Term User Shouts: 7 #
An Unknown Location | 1 year, 3 months ago (30 minutes after post)

I think a hundred. So I do not know whether my oversaturated theory would hold up. Theoretical it is hydrogen. but I am not a chemist. I am a physicist. We have strange ideas you know. ;)

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Vilén offline Verified User (1 year, 5 months) Long Term User Shouts: 4 #
An Undisclosed Location | 1 year, 3 months ago (1 hour, 34 minutes after post)

Does bond strength have anything to do with it? If so, Hydrogen.

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