CBSE Class 11-science Answered
compressibility factor
Asked by Janaki | 11 Oct, 2010, 10:37: PM
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Dear Student
Compressibility is a measure of the relative volume change of fluid or solid or gas as a response to a pressure or temperature change.
The compressibility factor is defined as
Z=pV/RT
where, p is the pressure, V is the molar volume of the gas, T is the temperature, and R is the gas constant.
To understand the extent of deviation a graph of Z vs p is plotted. The graph will be a straight line parallel to pressure axis for ideal gases. But gases which deviate from ideality, the value of Z will deviate from unity(i.e. 1). At very low pressures all gases shown to have Z ≈1 and behave as ideal gas.
But at high pressure all the gases have Z > 1. These are more difficult to compress. At intermediate pressures, most gases have Z < 1. Thus, gases show ideal behaviour when the volume occupied is large so that the volume of the molecules can be neglected in comparison to it.
We hope that clarifies your query.
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Answered by | 12 Oct, 2010, 10:32: AM
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