Dimensionless multiplier in real gas equation of state which describes the deviation of a real gas from ideal gas behavior:

$\begin{array}{l}\displaystyle Z = \frac{p V}{\nu R T}\end{array}$

where

$\begin{array}{l}p\end{array}$	$\begin{array}{l}V\end{array}$	$\begin{array}{l}T\end{array}$	$\begin{array}{l}R\end{array}$	$\begin{array}{l}\nu\end{array}$
fluid pressure	fluid volume	fluid temperature	gas constant	Amount of substance

It is related to gas compressibility as:

(1)	$\begin{array}{l}\displaystyle c = \frac{1}{p} - \frac{1}{Z} \frac{dZ}{dp}\end{array}$

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