Critical pressure¶
Critical pressure in a van der Waals fluid depends on the parameters \(a\) and \(b\) of the van der Waals equation. See Critical parameters.
Links:
- Symbol:
p_c
- Latex:
\(p_\text{c}\)
- Dimension:
pressure
- attractive_forces_parameter¶
- Symbol:
a
- Latex:
\(a\)
- Dimension:
pressure*volume**2/amount_of_substance**2
- excluded_volume_parameter¶
- Symbol:
b
- Latex:
\(b\)
- Dimension:
volume/amount_of_substance
- law¶
p_c = a / (27 * b^2)
- Latex:
- \[p_\text{c} = \frac{a}{27 b^{2}}\]