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What is Boyle-Mariotte Law – Definition

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Boyle-Mariotte Law is one of the gas laws. Boyle and Mariotte independently studied the relationship between the volume and pressure of a gas at constant temperature. Thermal Engineering

Boyle-Mariotte Law

Boyle-Mariotte Law is one of the gas laws. At the end of the 17th century, Robert William Boyle and Edme Mariotte independently studied the relationship between the volume and pressure of a gas at constant temperature. The results of certain experiments with gases at relatively low pressure led Robert Boyle to formulate a well-known law. It states that:

For a fixed mass of gas at constant temperature, the volume is inversely proportional to the pressure.

That means that, for example, if you increase the volume 10 times, the pressure will decrease 10 times. If you halve the volume, you will double the pressure.

You can express this mathematically as:

pV = constant

or

p1V1 = p2V2

Yes, it seems to be identical as isothermal process of ideal gas. In fact, during their experiments the temperature remain constant as was assumed by Mariotte. These results are fully consistent with ideal gas law, which determinates, that the constant is equal to nRT.

pV = nRT

where:

  • p is the absolute pressure of the gas
  • n is the amount of substance
  • T is the absolute temperature
  • V is the volume
  • R  is the ideal, or universal, gas constant, equal to the product of the Boltzmann constant and the Avogadro constant,

In this equation the symbol R is a constant called the universal gas constant that has the same value for all gases—namely, R =  8.31 J/mol K.

Boyle-Mariotte Law
For a fixed mass of gas at constant temperature, the volume is inversely proportional to the pressure. Source: grc.nasa.gov NASA copyright policy states that “NASA material is not protected by copyright unless noted”.
 
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See also:

Gas Laws

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