Chapter 15, Problem 4CR

Interpretation Introduction

Interpretation:

The meaning of Boyle’s law is to be stated. The two mathematical expressions that describe Boyle’s law are to be written and the answer to the statement that these two expressions tell us different things or are they different representations of the same phenomena is to be stated. The general shape of a graph of pressure versus volume for an ideal gas is to be sketched.

Concept Introduction:

Boyle’s law states that if the temperature and the moles of gas remain constant, then the pressure exerted by the gas is inversely proportional to the volume occupied by the gas in that space.

The mathematical statement of Boyle’s law is,

$\text{P}\text{α}\frac{\text{1}}{\text{V}}$

Or

$\text{PV}=\text{constant}$.