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Boyle's law states that the pressure and volume of a gas are inversely proportional at constant temperature. It can be derived from the ideal gas law, which models the behavior of gases by assuming gas molecules have no volume, do not attract each other, and undergo only elastic collisions. An ideal gas approximates the behavior of real gases at normal temperatures and pressures. Boyle's law is represented by the equation PV=k, where k is a constant, and shows that as pressure increases, volume decreases for a fixed amount of gas at constant temperature.

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Boyle's law states that the pressure and volume of a gas are inversely proportional at constant temperature. It can be derived from the ideal gas law, which models the behavior of gases by assuming gas molecules have no volume, do not attract each other, and undergo only elastic collisions. An ideal gas approximates the behavior of real gases at normal temperatures and pressures. Boyle's law is represented by the equation PV=k, where k is a constant, and shows that as pressure increases, volume decreases for a fixed amount of gas at constant temperature.

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Introduction and theory

 What is Boyle’s law


Boyle’s law, also called Mariotte’s law, a relation concerning the compression and expansion of
a gas at constant temperature. This empirical relation, formulated by the physicist Robert
Boyle in 1662, states that the pressure (p) of a given quantity of gas varies inversely with its
volume (v) at constant temperature in equation form, pv = k, a constant. The relationship was
also discovered by the French physicist Edme Mariotte (1676). The law can be derived from
the kinetic theory of gases assuming a perfect (ideal) gas (see perfect gas). Real gases obey
Boyle’s law at sufficiently low pressures, although the product pv generally decreases slightly at
higher pressures, where the gas begins to depart from ideal behavior.[ CITATION htt \l 1033 ]
 Ideal gas
Gases are complicated, they’re full of energetic gas molecules that might collide and interact.
Therefore, it's difficult to precisely characterize a real gas, the concept of an ideal gas was
developed as a rough approximation that may be used to simulate and forecast the behavior of
real gases. The term "ideal gas" refers to a hypothetical gas made up of molecules that follow a
few rules:
1. Ideal gas molecules are neither attracted nor repellent to one another. The sole interaction
between ideal gas molecules would be an elastic collision when they collided with each
other or with the container's walls.
2. Ideal gas molecules have no volume of their own, the gas takes up volume since the
molecules expand into a large region of space, but the ideal gas molecules are
approximated as point particles with no volume in and of themselves. Although there are
no gases that are perfectly ideal, there are plenty that are close enough that the concept of
an ideal gas is a very helpful approximation in many cases. Many of the gases we care
about are almost optimal for temperatures near room temperature and pressures near
atmospheric pressure. If the pressure of the gas is too large (e.g. hundreds of times larger
than atmospheric pressure), or the temperature is too low there can be significant
deviations from the ideal gas law. [2]

 Derivation of Boyle’s law


The general ideal gas law is also commonly written as:
P1V1 / T1 = P2V2 / T2 …………. (1)
Where P1, V1, and T1 are the original values of the gas, while P2, V2, and T2 represent its final
values. We can use equation (1) to derive Boyle’s Laws. We do this by considering isothermal,
isobaric, and isochoric thermodynamic processes. Isothermal means that the temperature is
constant. When we do this, T1 = T2 = T, so:
P1V1 / T = P2V2 / T
The Ts cancel, and we are left with Boyle’s Law P1V1 = P2V2.[ CITATION htt2 \l 1033 ]
Refrences

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September 11, 2021, from https://www.britannica.com/science/Boyles-law.

2) Khan Academy. (n.d.). What is the ideal gas law? (article). Khan Academy. Retrieved
September 11, 2021, from
https://www.khanacademy.org/science/physics/thermodynamics/temp-kinetic-theory-
ideal-gas-law/a/what-is-the-ideal-gas-law.

3) Boyle's, Charles & Gay-Lussac's law from ideal gas law. Bright Hub Engineering. (2009,
March 23). Retrieved September 11, 2021, from
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