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Grade 11Physical Chemistry

what does van der waals constant `a` depend on?why is correction term b neglected under medium pressure?

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9 Years agoGrade 11
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Profile image of Vikas TU
9 Years ago
a is the molecular attraction between the molecules internally.
It may depend on the size of the atoms.
For H2 and He it is negligible  because size is very small due to less surface area.
And b is for the volume of the atoms itself not the container which is being reduced by subrating it to the Volume container.