BOYLE'S LAW

• Relationship between volume and pressure of gases at constant temperature


  • First stated by Robert Boyle during 16th century
• Robert Boyle's Discovery


  1. Trapped a fixed amount of air in the J-tube

  2. Changed the pressure and controlled the temperature

  3. Observed the effect on the volume of the air inside the J-tube
• As the pressure increased, the volume decreases
• Boyle's Law


  The volume of a fixed amount of gas is inversely proportional to its pressure at constant temperature