In Van der Waals' equation why is value of constant b 4 times?

Subject: In Van der Waals' equation why is value of constant b 4 times?

Date: Thu Jun 5 06:40:15 2003
Posted by Ashish Thakur
Grade level: 10-12 School: DAV Public School,New Shimla
City: Shimla State/Province: Himachal Pradesh Country: India
Area of science: Science History
ID: 1054813215.Sh

Message:


Why is value of b taken as 4 times the original volume of molecule of gas? Also 
please tell me why do molecules rotate?There might be some reason.

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