Van der Waals equation

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Etymology

Named after Dutch physicist Template:W.

Proper noun

1. Template:Lb A gas law which generalizes the ideal gas law to non-ideal gases, taking into account intermolecular forces and the size of molecules.

   $(P+\frac{a}{V^2})(V-b)=RT$, where $a$ and $b$ are constants experimentally determined for a particular gas.

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