Hi everyone!

Today I will be discussing one of the well-known gas law that shows the relationship of
pressure, volume and its constant temperature.

But before we start, I am Kursten Anne R. Guevara your lecturer for today.

So, first “Who is Robert Boyle?”

He is an Anglo-Irish chemist and physicist based in Ireland. He was born on 25 January 1627. He is known
as the person who discovered/ studied the relationship between volume, pressure and temperature. He
states that as the volume of a gas decreases with increasing pressure and vice versa with a constant
temperature or the famous Boyle’s law.

Example:

Scuba Diving

One thing to keep in mind when a person goes underwater diving is that he must balance the volume
and pressure relationship to avoid getting sick or hurt. When he/she enters or approaches the depth of
the water body, he/she experiences high pressure. The high pressure increases the solubility of gases in
the human blood. When he/she tends to ascend or move upwards, the pressure begins to reduce, and
the gases present in the blood begin to expand. Hence, the diver must ascend at a slow rate to avoid any
sort of injury. The oxygen tank helps the diver to give enough supply of oxygen to the diver. The relation
between pressure and volume indicates Boyle’s law.
BOYLE’S LAW Pressure and Volume Relationship

As volume increases the pressure decreases (figure 1) and as volume decreases the pressure increases
(figure 2) but take note that the temperature is constant (no change at all)
Boyle’s Law states that “at constant temperature, the volume of a confined gas is inversely proportional
1
to pressure”. This can be mathematically expressed as: P∝
V
1 P1 V 2
P∝ can be written into the equation: =
V P2 V 1
Where are P1 refers to initial pressure and P2 refers to final pressure and V1 refers to initial volume and
V2 pertains to initial volume.

That ends our discussion, I hope you learn something from me today till our next discussion bye!