Oxygen
O2
The apparatus has been inverted to work with gases more dense than air. Oxygen, which is slightly more dense than air, causes a very small decrease in pressure within the cup. The pressure decreases because the effusion rate of nitrogen from the air out of the cup is greater than the effusion rate of oxygen into the cup.
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