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Charis conducted an experiment to study the pressure-volume-temperature (PVT) relationship in van der Waals equation of state of an unknown gas W. The experimental results were recorded in Table 3.1. Table 3.1: PVT relationship of gas W Temperature (˚C) Pressure (atm) Molar volume (ft3/lb-mole) 0 20.12 8 30 13.38 25 (a) Prove that the value of constant a = 2158.86 atm. (ft3/lb-mole)2 and determine the value of b (in ft3/lb-mole) using all the data in Table 3.1. (b) If the critical pressure, Pc of the gas is 45 atm, determine the best possible gas W in the experiment based on Table B.1 in the text book.