Which of the following properties of a real gas is related to the b coefficient in the van der Waals equation?
A)Real gases consist of molecules or atoms that have volume.
B)The average speed of the molecules of a real gas increases with temperature.
C)There are attractive forces between atoms or molecules of a real gas.
D)The rate of effusion of a gas is inversely proportional to the square root of the molecular weight of the gas.
E)None of these.

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The b coefficient in the van der Waals equation accounts for the volume occupied by the gas molecules themselves, acknowledging that real gas particles have finite volume.

Which of the Following Properties of a Real Gas Is