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Grade 12Physical Chemistry

what is the effect of ‘b’ , that how much a liquid able to liquify?

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8 Years agoGrade 12
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ApprovedApproved Tutor Answer8 Years ago
The b in the Van der Waals equation of state signifies the volume that is effectively taken out per molecule by intermolecular repulsive interactions. You can imagine that a small b will help the gas to liquefy, since in most ordinary liquids molecules are packed closer together than in a gas.