Where the Ideal Gas Starts to Lie — Compressibility Factor Z and the van der Waals Equation
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Nitrogen at 100 bar and 200 K has Z = 0.7905. The ideal-gas density, 168.4 kg/m3, is about 26 percent lighter than the real 213.0.
Nitrogen at 100 bar and 200 K has Z = 0.7905. The ideal-gas density, 168.4 kg/m3, is about 26 percent lighter than the real 213.0.