Redlich–Kwong equation of state
Ecuación de estado Redlich–Kwong
- Date
- 1949 · confidence high
- Place
- Emeryville, California, United States
- Credited to
- Otto Redlich y Joseph Neng Shun Kwong
- Field
- Cosmos & Earth
What was discovered
A cubic equation of state relating pressure, volume and temperature of a real gas, more accurate than the Van der Waals and ideal gas equations above the critical temperature.
What it led to
- The Soave-Redlich-Kwong equation (1972)
- Thermodynamic models for chemical engineering
- Simulation of industrial processes with real gases
- The Peng-Robinson equation (1976)