We all know PV = nRT, the trusty ideal gas law, but when does it stop working? In this episode of The Honors Element, Ben and Morgan explore what happens when real gases break the “perfect” rules. From bending Boyle’s law to the compressibility factor z, you’ll hear how attractions and repulsions between molecules reveal themselves in the lab and in the real world. Along the way, we’ll compare gases like methane and hydrogen, unpack why engineers and climate scientists can’t always trust the ideal gas law, and set the stage for how chemists learned to fix it.

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