//Example 4.14 clear; clc; //Given R=8.314;// gas constant in J K^-1 mol^-1 T=273;//temperature in K V1=1;//initial volume in dm^3 V2=50;//final volume in dm^3 a=6.5;// Van der Waals constant in atm dm^6 mol^-2 b=0.056;//Van der Waals constant in dm^3 mol^-1 //to determine entropy change qrev=R*T*log((V2-b)/(V1-b)); delS=qrev/T;//entropy change in J K^-1 mol^-1 mprintf('Change in entropy = %f J K^-1 mol^-1',delS); //end