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In the limit of very low density n all gases follow the law

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where p is the pressure, V the volume, N the number of molecules or moles, respectively, k Boltzmanns’s constant, R the gas constant, T the thermodynamic temperature, and n= N/V the number density or molar density, respectively.

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Lucas, K. (1991). Real Gases. In: Applied Statistical Thermodynamics. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-01648-0_5

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