Answer to Question #335724 in Physical Chemistry for Vivek

Question

For argon the numerical value of a is 1.337 and the numerical

value of b is 0.0320.

Use the van der Waals equation to calculate the pressure of a

sample of argon at-90.0 °C with a molar volume of 2.59 L/mol.

Round your answer to the correct number of significant digits.

Answer 1

Pressure is equal (due to Van-Der-Waals equation) 0.981 atmosphere.