Chemistry: The Central Science (13th Edition)

Published by Prentice Hall
ISBN 10: 0321910419
ISBN 13: 978-0-32191-041-7

Chapter 19 - Chemical Thermodynamics - Exercises - Page 848: 19.39c

Answer

This statement is false.

Work Step by Step

As both He and Xe are monoatomic gases, the have no rotational or vibrational movement. They only have translational movement. The other movements do not exist in these gases and therefore do not contribute to the entropy.
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