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The equation proposed by van der Waals is the oldest equation of state which takes into account the volume occupied by the molecules of the gas as well as the attractive forces between its molecules. Here, the van der Waals equation of state will be determined from the virial theorem proposed by Clausius.
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Kremer, G.M. (2010). Dense Gases. In: An Introduction to the Boltzmann Equation and Transport Processes in Gases. Interaction of Mechanics and Mathematics. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-11696-4_6
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