Practice mode Gases

In the van der Waals equation, the constant b is related to ____

Correct answer D. the actual volume occupied by the gas molecules

Explanation

The constant b is the excluded volume per mole, which accounts for the finite volume of the molecules themselves, so the free volume becomes V − nb.

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