Cubic Equation
The van der Waals equation is a cubic equation of state. That is we can write the equation into a cubic form of the volume. In the reduced formulation the cubic equation is:
At the critical temperature, where we get as expected
For TR < 1, there are 3 values for vR. For TR > 1, there is 1 real value for vR.
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