Gay-Lussac’s law of combining volumes states that the volumes of reactants and products are in small whole-number ratios. Which of the following is NOT an assumption for the law of combining volumes?
A. The products and reactants must all be gases.
B. The products and reactants must all be at the same temperature.
C. The products and reactants must all be at the same pressure.
D. The products and reactants must all be gases or liquids.
Answer:D
Gay-Lussac’s law of combining volumes states that the volumes of reactants and products are in small whole-number ratios. Which of the following is NOT an assumption for the law of combining volumes?
A. The products and reactants must all be gases. B. The products and reactants must all be at the same temperature. C. The products and reactants must all be at the same pressure. D. The products and reactants must all be gases or liquids.