
Pressure exerted by saturated water vapour is called aqueous tension. What correction term will you apply to the total pressure to obtain pressure of dry gas?

Important Questions on States of Matter



Compressibility factor, , of a gas is given as . What is the value of for an ideal gas?

Compressibility factor, , of a gas is given as . For real gas what will be the effect on value of above Boyle’s temperature?


For real gases the relation between and is given by van der Waals equation:
where ‘’ and ‘’ are van der Waals constants, ‘’ Is approximately equal to the total volume of the molecules of a gas.
‘’ Is the measure of the magnitude of intermolecular attraction.
Arrange the following gases in the Increasing order of ‘’. Give reason.

For real gases the relation between and is given by van der Waals equation:
where ‘’ and ‘’ are van der Waals constants, ‘’ Is approximately equal to the total volume of the molecules of a gas.
‘’ Is the measure of the magnitude of intermolecular attraction.
Arrange the following gases in the decreasing order of magnitude of ‘’. Give reason.
