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How real gases differ from ideal gases?​

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An ideal gas is one that follows the gas laws at all conditions of temperature and pressure. To do so, the gas would need to completely abide by the kinetic-molecular theory. On the other hand, a real gas is a gas that does not behave according to the assumptions of the kinetic-molecular theory.

Furthermore, the particles of an ideal gas are extremely small and have a mass equivalent to practically zero. Ideal gas particles also have no volume.

An example of a real gas is helium, oxygen, and nitrogen.

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