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The ideal gas law $pV=nRT$ is only valid for ideal gases, where interactions between molecules are negligible.

Here is a $pV$-diagram for R134a as a log-log plot:

pV-diagram of R134a

At low densities, the isotherm at 200 C behaves like an ideal gas, a straight line with a slope of -1.

At higher densities, there are interactions. For temperatures below the critical point this leads to coexistence of liquid and vapor, with horizontal sections of the isotherms.

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