A laboratory technician forgot what the color coding on some commercial cylinders of gas meant but remembered that each of two specific tanks contained one of the following gases: He, Ne, Ar, or Kr. Measurements at STP made on samples of the gases from the two cylinders showed the gas densities to be 3.74 g/L and 0.900 g/L. (a) Determine by calculation which of these gases was present in each tank.  (b) Could this determination be made if the densities had been at a temperature and

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A laboratory technician forgot what the color coding on some commercial cylinders of gas
meant but remembered that each of two specific tanks contained one of the following
gases: He, Ne, Ar, or Kr. Measurements at STP made on samples of the gases from the two
cylinders showed the gas densities to be 3.74 g/L and 0.900 g/L.

(a) Determine by calculation which of these gases was present in each tank. 

(b) Could this determination be made if the densities had been at a temperature and
pressure different from STP? 

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