General Chemistry 10th Edition

Published by Cengage Learning
ISBN 10: 1-28505-137-8
ISBN 13: 978-1-28505-137-6

Chapter 2 - Atoms, Molecules, and Ions - Questions and Problems - Page 83: 2.63

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$S_8$ molecules are four times heavier than$S_2$ molecules. We know that hot sulfur is a mixture of both $S_8$ and $S_2$ molecules but at high temperature only $S_8$ molecules are formed.
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