BOYLE’S LAW

• Investigated relationship between pressure and volume,

while keeping temperature and amount constant
• What do you think relationship is?
• If you reduce the volume of a gas (compress it), will the gas
pressure increase or decrease?
• if you reduce the pressure on a gas, what happens to the volume
of the gas?
 BOYLE’S LAW

• Volume is inversely proportional to the pressure applied to

the gas
• If the volume increases, the pressure will decrease
• Or if the pressure increases, the volume will decrease

• Always assume amount and temperature

remain constant
 BOYLE’S LAW MATH

• We said that if volume increases, then pressure decreases. This is an

inverse relationship: volume is inversely proportional to pressure
• Thus, if the temperature and amount of gas is held constant, the
product of the volume and pressure of gas is a constant. We can
also write this as:
 BOYLE’S LAW
• If we graph pressure versus volume, we see this relationship:

• If the volume reaches an infinitely

small value, the pressure becomes
infinitely large
• as the volume increase, the pressure
decreases
• we can never get zero volume or
zero pressure
 USING BOYLE’S LAW

• Using Boyle's Law we can calculate the final volume or pressure

of a gas, given the initial volume and pressure.

• Remember that temperature and amount must be held constant.

• Start by writing down the known and unknown variables. Then,

rearrange the equation for the unknown. Then, solve the problem!
 PRACTICE
A 2.0L party balloon at 98kPa is taken to the top f a mountain where the
pressure is 75 kPa. Assume that the temperature and chemical amount of the
gas remain the same. Use Boyles law to determine the new volume of the
balloon.
 EXAMPLE 1

A container has a volume of 10.0 L and the gas inside exerts a pressure of 75.0
kPa. If the volume of the container is changed to 2.00 L and the temperature is
kept the same, what is the new pressure exerted by the gas in the container?
 EXAMPLE 2
The plunger of a syringe is withdrawn, changing the volume of the
gas from 35.75 cm3 to 83.90 cm3. If the final pressure is calculated to
be 57.4 kPa, what was the initial pressure of the gas, assuming
constant temperature and amount?