AIIMS 2006
- Exam
- AIIMS
- Year
- 2006
- Subject
- Chemistry
- Chapter
- States of Matter
AIIMS 2006 · Chemistry · States of Matter
Dominance of strong repulsive forces among the molecules of the gas...
Dominance of strong repulsive forces among the molecules of the gas ( compressibility factor)
Options
- Adepends on and indicated by
- Bdepends on and indicated by
- Cdepends on and indicated by
- Dis independent of .
Correct answer
B. depends on and indicated by
Step-by-step solution
When the value of , it is due to attractive forces between molecules. At high pressure, when , it is due to repulsive forces between electron clouds of the molecules of gases.