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Grade 11Physical Chemistry

Calculate the pressure exerted by one mole of CO
2
gas at 273 K if the van der Waa
ls‟ constant
a = 3.592 dm
6
atm mol
2
. Assume that the volume
occupied by CO
2
molecules is negligible.

Profile image of Balaji Krishnamachari
9 Years agoGrade 11
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Profile image of Vikas TU
9 Years ago
Since Volume of container is not specified the Real gas eqn. would get remained in terms of volume.
Negligible molecules volume would only led the b constant to zero.
Mention the Volume of container in which the whole process / chemialc reaction would takes place.
 
Profile image of Balaji Krishnamachari
9 Years ago
but this question is an iit jee advanced 2000 chemistry question....they too have not specified the volume...