fugacity
Sign in to saveIn thermodynamics, the fugacity of a real gas is an effective partial pressure which replaces the ideal partial pressure in an accurate computation of chemical equilibrium. It is equal to the pressure of an ideal gas which has the same temperature and molar Gibbs free energy (chemical potential) as the real gas.
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In thermodynamics, the fugacity of a real gas is an effective partial pressure which replaces the ideal partial pressure in an accurate computation of chemical equilibrium. It is equal to the pressure of an ideal gas which has the same temperature and molar Gibbs free energy (chemical potential) as the real gas.
Fugacities are determined experimentally or estimated from various models such as a Van der Waals gas that are closer to reality than an ideal gas. The real gas pressure and fugacity are related through the dimensionless fugacity coefficient \varphi = \frac{f}{P}.