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Explain why Boyle's law cannot be used to calculate the volume of a real gas which is changed from its initial state to its final state by an adiabatic expansion.

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Boyle.s law is applicable only when temperature, is kept .constant but in this case, tne temperature is lowered during adiabatic expion.
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