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In this Chapter we will investigate the effects of molecular interactions on the form of the law of mass action for equilibria in the gas phase. The volume of a gaseous system is directly connected with the number of molecules, and therefore a knowledge of the actual equation of state is important for the study of reactions in gases. In an ideal gas the volume of a system at constant pressure is linearly dependent on the number of molecules. A large number of empirical equations of state have been suggested for the description of real gases, among which the van der Waals equation is the most famous.
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Koudriavtsev, A., Jameson, R.F., Linert, W. (2001). Imperfect Gases. In: The Law of Mass Action. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-56770-4_6
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