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Boyle's law (sometimes referred to as the BoyleMariotte law, or Mariotte's law[1]) is an

experimental gas law that describes how the pressure of a gas tends to increase as the volume of a
gas decreases. A modern statement of Boyle's law is

The absolute pressure exerted by a given mass of an ideal gas is inversely proportional to
the volume it occupies if the temperature and amount of gas remain unchanged within a closed
system.[2][3]

Mathematically, Boyle's law can be stated as

or

where P is the pressure of the gas, V is the volume of the gas, and k is a constant.

The equation states that product of pressure and volume is a constant for a given mass of
confined gas as long as the temperature is constant. For comparing the same substance
under two different sets of condition, the law can be usefully expressed as

The equation shows that, as volume increases, the pressure of the gas decreases in
proportion. Similarly, as volume decreases, the pressure of the gas increases. The law
was named after chemist and physicist Robert Boyle, who published the original law in
1662.[4]

Charles' law (also known as the law of volumes) is an experimental gas law that describes
how gases tend to expand when heated. A modern statement of Charles' law is:

When the pressure on a sample of a dry gas is held constant, the Kelvin temperature and the
volume will be directly related.[1]

this directly proportional relationship can be written as:

or

where:

V is the volume of the gas


T is the temperature of the gas (measured in Kelvin).
k is a constant.

This law describes how a gas expands as the temperature increases;


conversely, a decrease in temperature will lead to a decrease in volume. For
comparing the same substance under two different sets of conditions, the law
can be written as:

The equation shows that, as absolute temperature increases, the volume of


the gas also increases in proportion.

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