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IT is generally asserted in text-books on thermodynamics and the properties of gases that the Joule–Thomson effect demonstrates conclusively that real gases are non-ideal. This is indeed the case, but not in the sense that usually seems to be understood.
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WRIGHT, P. Joule–Thomson Effect : Non-ideality and Association. Nature 209, 1125 (1966). https://doi.org/10.1038/2091125a0
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