An effusion container is filled with 2 L of an unknown gas. It takes 400 s for the gas to effuse into a vacuum. From the same container under the same conditions--same temperature and initial pressure, it takes 161 s for 2.00 L of O2 gas to effuse. Calculate the molar mass (in grams/mol) of the unknown gas.

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An effusion container is filled with 2 L of an unknown gas. It takes 400 s for the gas to effuse into a vacuum. From the same container under the same conditions--same temperature and initial pressure, it takes 161 s for 2.00 L of O2 gas to effuse. Calculate the molar mass (in grams/mol) of the unknown gas.

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