Compressibility Factor
Compressibility Factor: Overview
This topic covers concepts such as Compressibility of Gas Compressibility Factor, Variation of Compressibility Factor with Temperature, Variation of Compressibility Factor with Pressure, Boyle's Temperature, etc.
Important Questions on Compressibility Factor
Van der Waal’s real gas, act as an ideal gas, at which conditions ?

At which one of the following temperature – pressure conditions the deviation of a gas from ideal behaviour is expected to be minimum ?

The isotherms of a gas are shown below :
Among the following,
(i) At , the gas cannot be liquefied
(ii) At point , liquid starts to appear at
(ii) is the highest temperature at which the gas can be liquefied
(iv) At point , a small increase in pressure condenses the whole system to a liquid
The correct statements are :

For an ideal gas, the compressibility factor is

For one mole of a van der Waals' gas, the compressibility factor at a fixed volume will certainly decrease, if
[Given : " a " and " b " are standard parameters for van der Waals' gas]

Which of the following represents a plot of compressibility factor vs pressure at room temperature for

At same temperature and pressure, for moles of both and occupied volumes are and respectively. If both gases are non-ideal then,

Compressibility factor of gas at critical conditions :

From given curve for a gas, select the temperature at which gas will show positive deviation in low pressure region -

At moderate pressure, the compressibility factor for a gas is given by
in bar & in Kelvin
What is the Boyle temperature of gas?

The equation of state for a given gas is , where are constant, if the pressure and temperature are such that , then what is the compressibility factor of gas in this condition:

The density of steam at and pascal is . The compressibility factor would be:

At moderate pressure, the compressibility factor for a gas is given by in bar & in Kelvin. What is the Boyle temperature of gas ?

If observed volume of one mole of gas is litre at a pressure of and at temperature of then value of compressibility factor will be :-

At low pressure, van der Waals' equation is reduced to . The compressibility factor can be given as:

In the following compressibility factor v/s pressure graph, which is true?

For gas, the compressibility factor, is:

Critical temperature of a gas is ..... Boyle temperature:

At the critical point for gas, value of Then, the value of for the similar conditions of at their respective critical points will be:

Compressibility factor for at and pressure is Find the number of moles of gas required to fill a gas cylinder of capacity under the given conditions.
