Pharmaceutical Physical Chemistry: Theory and Practices

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Behaviour of Gases

CHAPTER OBJECTIVES

1.1 Introduction

1.2 Gas Laws

1.3 Kinetic Theory of Gases

1.4 Derivation of Kinetic Gas Equation

1.5 Derivation of Gas Laws from Kinetic Equation

1.6 Ideal and Real Gases

1.7 Deviations of Real Gases from Gas Laws

1.8 Causes of the Derivations from Ideal Behaviour

1.9 van der Waals’ Equation (Reduced Equation of State) (Equation of State for Real Gases)

1.10 Explanation of Behaviour of Real Gases on the Basis of van der Waals’ Equation

1.11 Isotherms of Carbon Dioxide-Critical Phenomenon

1.12 Principle of Continuity of States

1.13 Critical Constants

1.14 Law of Corresponding States

1.15 Limitations of van der Waals’ Equation

A vacuum is nothing and what is nothing cannot exist

Thomas Hobbes

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