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The variation of volume V, with temperature T, keeping the pressure constant is called the coefficient of thermal expansion ie α = `1/"V"((∂"V")/(∂"T"))_"P"`. For an ideal gas α is equal to
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T
`1/"T"`
P
none of these
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Solution
`1/"T"`
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