13.1 liter steel tank contains 0.4 kg of Argon gas. If the maximum temperature that this tank can withstand is 153 °C, using the ideal and Van der Waals equations find the maximum pressure at which the tank will not be destroyed. The van der Waals parameters a and b for Ar are 1.565 bar.dm6 and 0,0244 dm3.mol-1, respectively.

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A 13.1 liter steel tank contains 0.4 kg of Argon gas. If the maximum temperature that this tank can withstand is 153 °C, using the ideal and Van der Waals equations find the maximum pressure at which the tank will not be destroyed. The van der Waals parameters a and b for Ar are 1.565 bar.dm6 and 0,0244 dm3.mol-1, respectively.

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