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In van der Waals' equation of state of the gas law the constnat 'b' is a measure of .

A

intermolecular attraction

B

volume occupied by the molecules

C

intermolecular repulsion 0

D

intermolecular collisions per unit volume

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B
Constant `b` is known as the covolume. It is equal to four times the actual volume of the molecules . Thus , it measures the effective occupied by the gas molecules.
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