what is boyle's law?

Answer 1

Boyle's law states that if you change the pressure and volume of a gas at constant temperature then the relationship between both gas states is:

p1 * v1 = p2 * v2.

So if your gas is at 1 atm and 1 liter and you change the pressure to 2 atm, then the new volume will be 0.5 liter.

Answer 2

Boyle's law (sometimes known as the Boyle Mariotte law) is one of the gas laws. Boyle's Law is named after the Irish natural philosopher Robert Boyle (Lismore, County Waterford,1627-1691) who was the first to publish it in 1662. The relationship was brought to the attention of Boyle by two friends and amateur scientists, Richard Towneley and Henry Power, who discovered it. Boyle confirmed their discovery through experiments and published the results. According to Robert Gunther and other authorities Boyle's assistant Robert Hooke, who built the experimental apparatus, may well have helped to quantify the law; Hooke was accounted a more able mathematician than Boyle. Hooke also developed the improved vacuum pumps necessary for the experiments. The French physicist Edme Mariotte (1620-1684) discovered the same law independently of Boyle in 1676, so this law may be referred to as Mariotte's or the Mariotte Boyle law.

Boyle's Law states that the product of the volume and pressure of a fixed quantity of an ideal gas is constant, given constant temperature. Expressed mathematically, the formula for Boyle's law is:

p V = k

where:

* V is volume of the gas.
* p is the pressure of the gas.
* k is a constant (see Note 1).

Answer 3

Boyle stated that the volume of a gas is inversly proportional to the pressure.
This means that if you squeeze twice as hard the volume of the gas is halved.
Why is everyone else making this sound so difficult?

Answer 4

Hi. From the web : "The principle that at a constant temperature the volume of a confined ideal gas varies inversely with its pressure." This means that if you squeeze the gas the temperature goes up or if you raise the temperature and hold the volume constant the pressure goes up, etc. The three (volume,temperature, and pressure) are inter-related.

Answer 5

It's what makes your ears hurt when you go up in a plane, or dive down to the bottom of a swimming pool. As pressure changes, the volume of a gas changes proportionally BUT IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION.

If you were to double pressure, for example diving down to 10m (33 foot), the volume of air in your lungs would half.

Answer 6

lets make it easy

it is the inverse relationship of pressure and volume

P1V1=P2V2

Plug and chug baby, plug and chug!