The value of b for carbon dioxide is given as 42.69 x 10-6m3/mol. What do you think is the volume of a molecule?
The value of b for carbon dioxide is given as 42.69 x 10-6m3/mol. What do you think is the volume of a molecule? Correct Answer 7.09 m3
From van der Waal’s equation (P – an2/V2)(V – nb) = nRT, we know that V = b/NA = 42.69 x 10-6m3/mol/6.023 x 1023 molecules/mol. That equals 7.09 m3/molecule. So the volume of a molecule is 7.09m3.