Answer to Question #278438 in Molecular Physics | Thermodynamics for Neilmar

Question

Show that the fugacity of a van der

Waals gas is given by the expression.

In f = -In (v-b) - 2a/RTV + b/v-b

Answer 1

$\ln f = -\ln (v-b) - \frac{2a}{RTV }+\frac b{v-b}.$