Question
Show that the compressibility factor can be represented as $Z =\frac{V_{\text {real }}}{V_{\text {ideal }}}$

Answer

For real gas,
$Z =\frac{ PV _{\text {teal }}}{ nRT }$For ideal gas,
$1=\frac{P V_{\text {ideal }}}{n R T}$$\therefore \quad \frac{ P }{ nRT }= V _{\text {ideal }}$
Substituting the value of $\frac{P}{n R T}$ in equation (1), we get
$Z =\frac{ V _{\text {rsal }}}{ V _{\text {ideal }}} \quad \text {}$
Thus, the compressibility factor $(Z)$ is the ratio of actual molar volume of a gas to its molar volume if it behaved ideally, at that temperature and pressure.

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