What happens to the compressibility factor Z for CO2 at very high pressure at ordinary temperature?

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Compressibility factor is given by,
Z=pVmRT
When CO2 is under high pressure, molecules are highly compressed. Therefore, repulsive forces becomes dominant and so there is hardly any further decrease in volume. Therefore, Z > 1 i.e. positive deviation will occur, 
 

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