Kristie Chau April 24th, 2012 Boyles Law: Pressure-Volume Relationship in Gases Calculations: Volume (mL) 5.0 7.

5 10.0 12.5 15.0 17.5 20.0 Pressure (kPa) 179.55 126.90 100.89 89.29 71.46 60.21 53.30 Constant k (PxV) 897.75 951.75 1008.9 1116.125 1071.9 1053.675 1066.0

Discussions: 1. If the volume is doubled from 5.0mL to 10.0mL, the pressure goes from 179.55kPa to 100.89kPa. The pressure decreases as the volume increases. 2. If the volume is halved from 20.0mL to 10.0mL, the pressure increases from 53.30kPa to 100.89kPa. The pressure increases as the volume decreases. 3. If the volume is tripled from 5.0mL to 15.0mL, the pressure decreases from 179.55kPa to 71.46kPa. The pressure decreases as the volume increases. 4. Based on my previous three answers and the shape of the curve in my graph, I can infer that the relationship between pressure and volume is an inverse relationship. As the volume increases, the pressure decreases, and vice versa. 5. Pressure = (576.4)(40.0)-0.75 = 36.21kPa 6. Pressure = (576.4)(2.5)-0.75 = 289.91kPa 7. In this experiment, the temperature and the amount of gas is assumed to remain constant. 8. Look at table (above). 9. The values are all within a range of about 218. With the exception of the first two values, all the other values were over a thousand. Therefore, Id say that the values are not particularly constant, but the range is not considered very large. 10. The equation that represents Boyles Law would be k=(pressure)(volume). To correctly express Boyles Law, we can say that as the volume increases, the pressure decreases, and vice versa.