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Above its Boyle temperature a gas shows

  1. A less than 1 at all pressures
  2. B greater than 1 at all pressures
  3. C at all pressures
  4. Da minimum in at moderate pressure

Answer: B

Above the attraction term is smaller than , so the net correction is positive at every pressure and rises monotonically above 1. The minimum appears only below .
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