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Express the van der Waals equation of state as a virial expansion in powers of 1/(V_m), and obtain expressions for B and C in terms of the parameters a and b. The expansion you will need is (1 - x)^(-1) = 1 + x + (x^2) + ...

Measurements on argon gave B = -21.7 (cm^3)/mol and C = 1200 (cm^6)/(mol^2) for the virial coefficients at 273 K. What are the values of a and b in the corresponding van der Waals equation of state?

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