a) Determine the mean molar mass of the atmosphere of Venus, which consists of 95% CO2 and 5% N2 by volume.
b) What is the corresponding gas constant?
c) The mean surface temperature T on Venus is a scorching 740K as compared to only 288K for Earth; the surface pressure is 90 times that on Earth. By what factor is the density of the near-surface Venusian atmosphere greater or less than that of Earth?
Show that 1 atm of pressure is equivalent to that exerted by a 760 mm column of mercury at 0 degree C (density is 13.5951 g cm-3) and standard gravity g =9.8 ms-2.