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                The constants "a" and "b" in the van der waals equation are "empirical coefficients". What exactly does that mean?
Show that the units for "a" and "b" are appropriate for the the Van der Waals equation?
            
        Show that the units for "a" and "b" are appropriate for the the Van der Waals equation?
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                    Answered by
            DrBob222
            
    We don't do your homework for you but below are several good site to get the information you need. By the way, changing screen names slows our responses so it is your best interest to keep the same name. 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Van_der_Waals_equation
http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/kinetic/waal.html
http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/kinetic/waal.html
http://chemistry.about.com/od/workedchemistryproblems/a/Ideal-Gas-Vs-Non-Ideal-Gas-Example-Problem.htm
    
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Van_der_Waals_equation
http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/kinetic/waal.html
http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/kinetic/waal.html
http://chemistry.about.com/od/workedchemistryproblems/a/Ideal-Gas-Vs-Non-Ideal-Gas-Example-Problem.htm
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