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The escape velocity required for gas molecules to overcome the earth’s gravity and go of...

The escape velocity required for gas molecules to overcome the earth’s gravity and go off to outer space is 1.12 × 103 m/s at 15°C. Calculate the molar mass of a species with that velocity. Would you expect to find He and H2 molecules in the earth’s atmosphere? How about argon atoms?

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