While running a new reaction, a chemist notices the evolution of a gas. A sample of this gas gave a mass spectrum in which the molecular ion (m/z = 44) was the largest ion peak. The only other significant peaks were observed at m/z = 28 & m/z = 16. What is this gas?

100 grams of molten lead (600°c) is used to make musket balls. if the lead shot is allowed to cool to room temperature (21°c), what is the change in entropy (in j/k) of the lead? (for the specific heat of molten and solid lead use 1.29 j/g⋅°c; the latent heat of fusion and the melting point of lead are 2.45 × 104 j/kg and 327°c, respectively.)