Prelab question for Determination of the Universal Gas Constant, R: How does collecting the oxygen over water...

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Prelab question for Determination of the Universal Gas Constant,R:

How does collecting the oxygen over water affect the volume ofgas collected? Why does this happen?

Please be specific and answer this question directly. I'vealready asked once and received a general answer not specificallyregarding how this affects the Volume and Why it happens.

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Answer In many cases the amount of gas evolved by a reaction is of interest Since gases have such small densities it is usually not practical to collect the gas and find its mass For gases that are not particularly soluble in water it is possible to collect the evolved gas by displacement of water from a container The Setup for the collection of gas over water involved a container in which the    See Answer
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