Question

Solve the following problem in the text book using Excel or Matlab.

Calculate the work of mechanically reversible, isothermal compression of 1 mole of methyl chloride from 1 bar to 55 Bar at 100 C. Base calculations on the following forms of the virial equations.

The submitted files should include:

all input data, calculations and iterations performed in details.

Comparison with results obtained from the built in function “If analysis” or “Solver “in Excel.

Plot the error versus the number of iterations.

Stop when convergence ? 0.001

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