Q. For real gases, van der Waals equation is written as

where a and b are van der Waals constants two sets of gases are

and He

and

The gases given in set-I in increasing order of b and gases given in set-II in decreasing order of a, are arranged below. Select the correct order from the following

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Solution:

Van der Waals gas constant 'a' represent intermolecular force of attraction of gaseous molecules and Van der Waals gas constant 'b' represent effective size of molecules . Therefore order should be