At what rate do gases compress under their own weight?

Subject: At what rate do gases compress under their own weight?

Date: Sun Dec 27 22:41:41 2009
Posted by Chad
Grade level: teacher/prof School: School District u-46
City: Elgin State/Province: IL Country: USA
Area of science: Chemistry
ID: 1261978901.Ch

Message:


For example, if you have two containers each 100m tall but one is filled with 
a heavy gas (Xe for example) and the other is filled with a light gas (He for 
example), how much greater will the pressure/density be at the bottom of the 
first container than in the second container? Thanks.

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