The Van der Waals equation is shown below:
Rearranging:
Calculate the pressure exerted by 1.00 mol of CO2 in a box that is 0.300 L and 298 K. For CO2, a = 3.59 L2 atm/mol2 and b = 0.0427 L/mol.
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