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Calculate the temperature T of 40 kg of CO2 gas in a 500 liter vessel at...

Calculate the temperature T of 40 kg of CO2 gas in a 500 liter vessel at 5 MPa. The critical pressure of CO2 is 7.39 MPa and the critical temperature is 31.05 ºC: also, specify the value of Z.

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Known values,

         (mass of gas in the vessel)

        (Volume of vessel)

         (pressure of gas)

               (critical pressure of gas)

          (critical temperature of gas)

                (molar mass of gas)

Van der Waals equation

Van der Waals coefficients in terms of Critical parameters

From 2 and 3,

Number of moles

Substitute numerical values in 4,5 and 6

Substitute these values in 1

The temperature of gas in the vessel is 378 K or .

Compressibility factor




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