Question

1.14 The isothermal compressibility K of a gas is defined in Problem 1.17, and its value for an ideal gas is shown to be 1/P.Use implicit differentiation of V with

respect to P at constant T to obtain the expression for the isothermal compressibility of a van der Waals gas. Show that in the limit of infinite volume, the value for an ideal gas is obtained.

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