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'''Boyle's law''' | '''Boyle's law''' states that | ||
:<math>PV\vert_T=k</math> | :<math>PV\vert_T=k</math> | ||
where <math>P</math> is the pressure, <math>V</math> is the volume and <math>k</math> is a constant. | where <math>P</math> is the [[pressure]], <math>V</math> is the volume and <math>k</math> is a constant. | ||
This holds true for an [[ideal gas]]. | |||
==History== | |||
Boyle's law is attributed to both [[Robert Boyle]] and to Edme Mariotte. However, it seems that it was originally | |||
proposed by Henry Power in 1661 <ref>Henry Power "Experimental philosophy, in three books : containing new experiments microscopical, mercurial, magnetical : with some deductions, and probable hypotheses, raised from them, in avouchment and illustration of the now famous atomical hypothesis." Printed by T. Roycroft, for John Martin and James Allestry (1664)</ref>. | |||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
*[[Charles's law]] | *[[Charles's law]] | ||
*[[Gay-Lussac's law]] | *[[Gay-Lussac's law]] | ||
*[[Equation of State: Ideal Gas | Ideal gas law]] | *[[Equation of State: Ideal Gas | Ideal gas law]] | ||
==References== | |||
<references/> | |||
[[category: classical thermodynamics]] | [[category: classical thermodynamics]] | ||
Latest revision as of 12:41, 20 December 2011
Boyle's law states that
where is the pressure, is the volume and is a constant. This holds true for an ideal gas.
History[edit]
Boyle's law is attributed to both Robert Boyle and to Edme Mariotte. However, it seems that it was originally proposed by Henry Power in 1661 [1].
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ Henry Power "Experimental philosophy, in three books : containing new experiments microscopical, mercurial, magnetical : with some deductions, and probable hypotheses, raised from them, in avouchment and illustration of the now famous atomical hypothesis." Printed by T. Roycroft, for John Martin and James Allestry (1664)