.. _sphx_glr_api_gallery_statmech_virial:

Virial coefficients
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The second virial coefficient of an imperfect gas computed from its
intermolecular pair potential.


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  <div id='sg-tag-list' class='sphx-glr-tag-list'></div>


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    <div class="sphx-glr-thumbnails">

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    <div class="sphx-glr-thumbcontainer" tooltip="Mayer (1937) expanded a real gas&#x27;s partition function in clusters of the Mayer function f(r)=e^{-u(r)/k_BT}-1. The first correction to the ideal-gas law, PV_m/RT=1+B_2(T)/V_m+\cdots, is">

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  .. image:: /api/gallery/statmech/virial/images/thumb/sphx_glr_plot_01_mayer_second_virial_coefficient_thumb.png
    :alt:

  :doc:`/api/gallery/statmech/virial/plot_01_mayer_second_virial_coefficient`

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      <div class="sphx-glr-thumbnail-title">Mayer's cluster expansion: the second virial coefficient</div>
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    </div>


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