Robert Boyle

FACTS ABOUT HIS LIFE

• Born January 25, 1627 in Lismore, Ireland
• Died December 30, 1691 in London, England
• Was one of the founders of the Royal Society
• Attended Eton to learn to be a gentleman
• Established his ideal gas law in 1662

FACTS ABOUT HIS LIFE CONTINUED

• Conducted many experiments showing a vacuum operating.

DISCOVERED IDEAL GAS LAW/BOYLE'S LAW IN...

• 1662

REAL LIFE APPLICATIONS

• Air bubbles are smaller farther down in the ocean
• Too much pressure on a tire could make it explode
• Too much pressure on a submarine could cause it to implode
• Too much pressure on a water bottle could cause it to explode

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VARIABLES AND UNITS

• Variables: Can be looking for a pressure or volume
• Units: 1000 atm=760 mmHg=29.92 inHg=760 torr
• =101,325 Pa=101.325 kPa=14.69 psi

ALGEBRAIC EQUATION

• PV=nRT
• P=nRT/V or
• V=nRT/P
• Using only volume and pressure:
• P1/V1=P2V2

EXAMPLE

EXAMPLE TWO

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AlgebraLAB: Glossary: Volume. (n.d.). Retrieved April 2, 2015, from http://www.algebralab.org/Glossary/glossaryterm.aspx?word=Volume

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