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Homework Statement
Use the van der waals constant for ##H_2## and ##O_2## to calculate the initial slopes of the plots of compressibility factor Z versus P.
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The Attempt at a Solution
Using virial expansion for van der waal gas in terms of ##P##
I get ##Z = 1 + \dfrac{1}{RT}\left(b - \dfrac{a}{RT} \right)P + \cdots##
Using first approximation,
Then ##\dfrac{dZ}{dP} = \dfrac{1}{RT}\left(b - \dfrac{a}{RT} \right)##.
What is initial slope in this context ? ##T = 0 ## ?