Wednesday, 5 April 2017

thermodynamics - Why do real gases deviate from ideal behavior above the Boyle temperature?


My textbook says that Boyle temperature is the temperature at which a real gas shows maximum ideal gas behavior. Below the Boyle temperature, molecules come too close and intermolecular forces skew off its behavior. But what about above the Boyle temperature? Why do gases deviate from the ideal gas law above it? I mean, rise in temperature can only mean less of intermolecular attraction, right?




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