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van der Waals equation

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In gas: Continuity of gaseous and liquid states
Nevertheless, van der Waals started a scientific trend that continues to the present. His pressure-volume-temperature relation, called an equation of state, is the standard equation of state for real gases in physical chemistry, and at least one new equation of state is proposed every year in…
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work of van der Waals

In Johannes Diederik van der Waals
…exact formula, known as the van der Waals equation. Since the parameters were distinct for each gas, he continued his work and arrived at an equation (the law of corresponding states) that is the same for all substances.
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