A Particular Gas Exerts a Pressure of 681 Mm Hg

question 58

Multiple Choice

A particular gas exerts a pressure of 681 mm Hg.What is this pressure in units of bar? (1 atm = 760 mm Hg = 101.3 kPa = 1.013 bar)

• A) 5.11 × 10⁵ bar
• B) 5.24 × 10⁵ bar
• C) 690 bar
• D) 0.884 bar
• E) 0.908 bar

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