Article ID: CBB001252514

Johannes Diderik van der Waals: A Life of Achievements (2000)

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Van der Waals is one of the most distinguished men in thermodynamics and author of an equation of state that has become the basis of all modern equations of state and theories of mixtures. Here we give a description of his life and his scientific and academic achievements. The van der Waals equation of state is discussed in detail with the goal of understanding the reasons for its inadequacy to give a quantitative prediction of the behavior of a real gas.

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Authors & Contributors
Hoffmann, Dieter
Vauthelin, Pierre–Michel
Wisniak, Jaime
Waysand, Georges
Vermeer, Leonieke
Trainer, Matthew
Concepts
Thermodynamics
Physics
Biographies
Gas laws
Gases
Theoretical physics
Time Periods
19th century
20th century, early
20th century
Places
Netherlands
Germany
France
Scotland
Russia
Italy
Institutions
Royal Society of London
University of Glasgow
Universiteit van Amsterdam
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