It involves two gas- dependent parameters, the first dependent on interparticle attractive forces and the second on the proper volume of gas particles.
The statistical mechanics derivation of this equation assumes an interparticle potential inversely proportional to distance to the sixth power. Maxwell used an equal area rule to correct for an error in this equation, which can be written in terms of the cube of the volume and is a simplification of the virial equation. It involves two gas- dependent parameters, the first dependent on interparticle attractive forces and the second on the proper volume of gas particles. Those are commonly written as a and b. For 10 points, name this equation of state for real gases developed by a Dutch theoretical chemist as an improvement upon the ideal gas law.
The statistical mechanics derivation of this equation assumes an interparticle potential inversely proportional to distance to the sixth power.
Van der waals equation