4.3.5.2: Real Gas in Varying Gravity
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The regular assumption of constant compressibility, \(Z\), is employed. It has to remember when this assumption isn't accurate enough, numerical integration is a possible solution. Thus, equation (111) is transformed into
\[
\int_{P_{b}}^{P} \dfrac{dP}{P} =
- \dfrac {G}{Z\,R\,T} \int_{r_{b}} ^r \dfrac {dr}{r^2}
\label{static:eq:gravityGchangeBZ}
\]
With the same process as before for ideal gas case, one can obtain
\[
\dfrac{\rho}{\rho_{b}} =
\dfrac{P}{P_{b}} =
\text{ e} ^{ -\dfrac{G}{Z\,R\,T}
\dfrac{r-r_{b}}{r\,r_{b}}
}
\label{static:eq:gravityGchangeFZ}
\]
Equation (113) demonstrates that the pressure is reduced with the distance. It can be observed that for \(r \rightarrow r_{b}\) the pressure is approaching \(P \rightarrow P_{b}\). This equation confirms that the density in outer space is zero \(\rho(\infty) = 0\). As before Taylor series for equation (113) is
\[
\dfrac{\rho}{\rho_{b}} =
\dfrac{P}{P_{b}} =
\overbrace{1 -
\dfrac{G\,\left( r-r_b\right) }{Z\,R\,T} }^{\text{standard}} -
\overbrace{\dfrac{\left( 2\,G\,{Z\,R\,T}+ \\
{G}^{2}\,r_b\right) \,{\left( r-r_b\right)
}^{2}}{2\,r_b\,{(Z\,R\,T)}^{2}}
+\cdots}^{\text{correction factor}}
\label{static:eq:gravityGchangeFZexpended}
\]
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Dr. Genick Bar-Meir. Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or later or Potto license.