non-ideal gas
English
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Noun
non-ideal gas (plural non-ideal gases)
- (chemistry) A gas which does not follow the ideal gas law; a gas which is not an ideal gas.
Usage notes
- All real-life gases are non-ideal gases; thus, only referred to as such when discussing the limitations of the ideal gas law and the van der Waals equation.
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