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At and the same moderate pressure, the compressibility factor of is slightly greater than 1 while that of is well below 1. The best explanation is

  1. AHe has a larger and NH3 a larger
  2. BFor He the repulsive (excluded volume) term outweighs its tiny attraction term, while for NH3 strong hydrogen bonding makes dominate
  3. CHe is above its critical temperature and NH3 is below it, so NH3 is a liquid
  4. DHe has more degrees of freedom than NH3

Answer: B

To first order . For helium is almost zero, so wins and is above 1. For ammonia hydrogen bonding gives a large , so exceeds at and falls below 1. NH3 at moderate pressure and is still a gas, so option C is wrong.
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