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Distinguish between a real gas and an ideal gas.
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An ideal gas is a theoretical gas composed of a set of randomly moving, non-interacting point particles. The ideal gas concept is used in the equation of state for gases, which describes how gases behave. The equation of state for an ideal gas is PV=nRT, where P Show more…
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