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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]]. | 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 (published in 1664, Ref. 1). | |||
==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== | |||
#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) | |||
[[category: classical thermodynamics]] | [[category: classical thermodynamics]] | ||
Revision as of 13:56, 25 March 2008
Boyle's law states that
where is the pressure, is the volume and 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 (published in 1664, Ref. 1).
See also
References
- 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)