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Effective volume is usually taken for ____________ ?

Correct answer: B. 1 mole of gas

  • A. 2 moles of gas
  • B. 1 mole of gas
  • C. 5 moles of gas
  • D. 3moles of gas

Explanation

In the van der Waals treatment, the effective volume correction is commonly expressed for 1 mole of gas, with the constant b representing the excluded volume per mole. Students may choose 2 moles because volume seems to depend on the amount of gas, but the standard reference amount used for this definition is one mole.

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