Comparing Real and Ideal Gases (5.4.1)

Question 1

• Real gases do not always behave like ideal gases.

Answer 1

• Real gases do not always behave like ideal gases.

Question 2

What does the van der Waals equation predict?

Answer 2

• The van der Waals equation more accurately predicts the behavior of real gases by accounting for the volume of the gas molecules and the attraction between the molecules of the gas.