Wednesday, May 4, 2016

Boyle's Law

Boyle's Law says that the relationship between pressure and volume is inverse. It deals with only two of the four variables that determine the state of a gas. The only gas that actually holds to this relationship is an ideal gas at low pressure. The equation used for this law is:

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Example: Pressure on the peak of Mt. Everest is 150mmHg. If climbers carry 10.0 L tanks with a pressure of 3.04x10^4 mmHg, what will be the volume of the oxygen when it's released?

V1=10.0L   V2=?   P1=3.04x10^4mmHg   P2=150mmHg

10(3.04x10^4) = V2(150)   =   2.0x10^3 L

Here are some more practice problems for these
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  1. ekoehlerMay 9, 2016 at 4:29 PM

    I really liked that you explained what the law was, and you included an example. It makes your blog extremely helpful as a review of what we did in class and as a study tool for the test!

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