FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY

3) Find a general expression for w (work) when 1.000 mol of a gas obeying the van der Waals equation of state undergoes an isothermal reversible expansion from an initial volume Vi to a final volume Vf. Show that your answer reduces to the result for an ideal gas ( w = - nRT ln(Vf/Vi) ) by setting a = b = 0. This serves as a check of your answer. ................
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