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In the virial equation , at low pressure the most important correction term is

  1. A
  2. B
  3. Cthe constant 1
  4. Dnone, all terms are equal

Answer: B

At low pressure is much smaller than , so the first correction dominates; higher terms matter only at high pressure. The constant 1 is the ideal value, not a correction.
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