The product formed in the reaction of SOCl2 with white phosphorus is
Under ambient conditions, the total number of gases released as products in the final step of the reaction scheme shown below is
X and Y are two volatile liquids with molar weights of 10 g mol$$-$$1 and 40 g mol$$-$$1, respectively. Two cotton plugs, one soaked in X and the other soaked in Y, are simultaneously placed at the ends of a tube of length L = 24 cm, as shown in the figure. The tube is filled with an inert gas at 1 atmosphere pressure and a temperature of 300 K. Vapours of X and Y react to form a product which is first observed at a distance d cm from the plug soaked in X. Take X and Y to have equal molecular diameters and assume ideal behaviour for the inert gas and the two vapours.
X and Y are two volatile liquids with molar weights of 10 g mol$$-$$1 and 40 g mol$$-$$1, respectively. Two cotton plugs, one soaked in X and the other soaked in Y, are simultaneously placed at the ends of a tube of length L = 24 cm, as shown in the figure. The tube is filled with an inert gas at 1 atmosphere pressure and a temperature of 300 K. Vapours of X and Y react to form a product which is first observed at a distance d cm from the plug soaked in X. Take X and Y to have equal molecular diameters and assume ideal behaviour for the inert gas and the two vapours.
The experimental value of d is found to be smaller than the estimate obtained using Graham's law. This is due to