Chemistry 0620 · IGCSE · Diffusion

Diffusion — practice question

Ammonia gas reacts with hydrogen chloride gas in the apparatus shown. Solid ammonium chloride is formed. Which statement explains why the solid ammonium chloride forms closer to the hydrogen chloride?

  • AAqueous ammonia is a base and aqueous hydrogen chloride is an acid.
  • BAmmonia molecules diffuse more slowly than hydrogen chloride molecules.
  • CHydrogen chloride has a greater molecular mass than ammonia.
  • DOnly ammonia molecules diffuse in all directions at the same time.

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