Critical compressibility factor for all substances (A) Are more or less constant (vary from 0.2 to 0.3) (B) Vary as square of the absolute temperature (C) Vary as square of the absolute pressure (D) None of these

Critical compressibility factor for all substances
(A) Are more or less constant (vary from 0.2 to 0.3)
(B) Vary as square of the absolute temperature
(C) Vary as square of the absolute pressure
(D) None of these
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(A) Are more or less constant (vary from 0.2 to 0.3)
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