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The term that corrects for the attractive forces present in a real gas in the van der wads equation is -

Option: 1

\mathrm{nb}


Option: 2

\mathrm{n^2+a / v^2}


Option: 3

\mathrm{n^2 a / v^2}


Option: 4

\mathrm{-n b}


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In the van der wads equation,
\mathrm{ \left(p+\frac{n^2 a}{v^2}\right)(v-n b)=n R T }
The additional factor in pressure, ie \mathrm{ \frac{n^2 a}{V^2} } correct for intermolecular force while b correct for molecular volume.

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