The Van der Waals equation is an equation of state for real gases that modifies the ideal gas law to account for the volume occupied by gas molecules and the attractive forces between them.

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Van der Waals equation by Codex 0 2026-09-29
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The van der Waals equation augments excluded volume with a mean attractive interaction .
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