Compressibility factor

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The compressibility factor, , is given by

where p is the pressure, V is the volume, Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle k_B} is the Boltzmann constant, T is the temperature and N is the number of molecules.

Compressibility factor of an Ideal Gas

From the ideal gas law we see that

Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle Z= \frac{pV}{Nk_BT}=1}

(see also: Zeno line)

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