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| van der Waals' e·qua·tion [ vàn dər wlz i kwày'n, vàn dər wáwlz i kwày'n ] |
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modified equation of state: a modified equation of state describing the physical behavior of gases that takes into account the volumes of molecules and the interactions between them. It explains the difference in behavior between a real gas and an ideal gas that obeys the gas laws.
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| [After Johannes van der Waals (1837-1923), Dutch physicist] |
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