Chapter 8, Problem 23Q

Interpretation Introduction

Interpretation:  From the given plots, a plot that doesn’t correctly represent Boyle’s law should be identified.

Concept introduction:

Boyle’s law can defined as,

At constant temperature and number of moles, volume of a gaseous container is inversely

proportional to the pressure excreted on the container.

Mathematically,

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

Or

                                            $\text{PV=K}$

Where,

          P = pressure in atmospheres

          V= volumes in liters

          K= a constant for a particular gas at given temperature

By comparing two systems at different conditions

                                  ${\text{P}}_{\text{1}}{\text{V}}_{\text{1}}{\text{=P}}_{\text{2}}{\text{V}}_{\text{2}}$