Virial equation of state

Layer 2 — Chemistryin the statistical-mechanics-chemistry subtree

Onnes 1901: pV/(nRT) = 1 + B(T)/V + C(T)/V² + ... expansion in 1/V. Coefficients B, C from cluster integrals over molecular pair, triplet potentials (Mayer 1937). Truncated expansions provide accurate gas-phase EOS for engineering;…

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