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And the maximum inversion temperature is just found by setting P = 0, right? So that gives T = 2a/bR ?

Awesome, thanks! Got it now, much less nasty than I'd thought :-) (I was just messing up the cancellation of terms - which made me doubt I'd got the differentiation right in the first place because the whole thing looked such a mess!)

Hi, thanks for the help! I've tried the partial differentiation, but when I try and eliminate V and ∂V/∂T between the equation I obtain and the equation of state I just get a horrible mess - I'm not sure if I'm doing the differentiation right... I rearranged the equation to get...

Homework Statement For a gas obeying Dieterici's equation of state: P(V-b) = RTexp(-a/RTV) for one mole, prove that the equation of the inversion curve is P = ((2a/b^2) - (RT/b)) * exp((1/2) - (a/(RTb))) and hence find the maximum inversion temperature.Homework Equations N/A The Attempt...