\documentclass{standalone} \AtBeginDocument{\renewcommand{\AtBeginDocument}[1]{}} \usepackage{siunitx} \usepackage{pgfplots} \pgfplotsset{compat=newest} \begin{document} \begin{tikzpicture} \def\R{8.31}\def\T{300} \def\a{10^(-3)}\def\b{10^(-5)} % \def\Bone{(\b*\R*\T - \a)} % \def\Btwo{(\b^2*\R*\T - \a*\b + \a^2/(2*\R*\T))} \def\Bone{1000} \def\Btwo{-1000} \def\pzero{\R*\T/x} \def\pone{\pzero + \Bone/x^2} \def\ptwo{\pone + \Btwo/x^3} \begin{axis}[ axis lines=left, samples=100, domain=0.5:5.5, xlabel={$v$ [\si{\meter\cubed\per\mol]}}, ylabel={$p$ [\si{\pascal}]}, every tick/.style={thick}, thick] % p_0 \addplot[color=red]{\pzero}; \addlegendentry[right]{$p_0 = \frac{R \, T}{v}$} % p_1 \addplot[color=blue]{\pone}; \addlegendentry[right]{$p_1 = p_0 + \frac{B_1}{v^2}$} % p_2 \addplot[color=orange]{\ptwo}; \addlegendentry[right]{$p_2 = p_1 + \frac{B_2}{v^3}$} \end{axis} \end{tikzpicture} \end{document}