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    Nitrogen narcosis (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    Trudell et al. have suggested non-chemical binding due to the attractive van der Waals force between proteins and inert gases. Similar to the mechanism of...
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    chamber operation, Machinery van, containing hydraulic power pack, compressor, air banks or similar equipment Van der Waals equation Thermodynamic equation...
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    Calculations for high pressure partial pressure blends may require use of the Van der Waals equation. This does not affect premixed gases, which will retain their...
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    which give more accurate solutions at high pressure, including the Van der Waals equation. Compressibility at higher pressures also varies between gases...
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    Diderik van der Waals, 85, Dutch physicist and Nobel Prize laureate Vladimir Lenin, General Secretary of the Soviet Communist Party and the de facto leader...
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