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Why dry air is heavier than moist air?

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Average molar weight of dry air is
`=(% of N_(2)xx28+% of O_(2)xx32)/(100)`
Average molar weight of moist air is
`= (% of N_(2)xx28+% of O_(2)xx32+% of H_(2)Oxx18)/(100)`
Evidently average molar weight of dry air is more and so is its density `(d=M//V)`.
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  11. For ideal gases, Z = 1 at all temperature and pressure.

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  13. The pressure of moist gas is higher than pressure of dry gas.

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  17. The plot of PV vs P at particular temperature is called isovbar.

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  19. A gas with a = 0 cannot be liquified.

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  20. The van der waals constants have same values for all the gases.

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  21. All the molecules in a given sample of gas move with same speed.

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