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Boyles Law......

scruff
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Can someone help me with this question.... Explain how Boyle’s law is consistent with the equation of state of an ideal gas, PV = nRT.

 

[its not homework (in my 20's) just trying to revive physics knowledge]

 

Thanks for your help :)

What is Boyle's Law?

 

PV= k or, or to phrase it differently, (and perhaps more accurately) P1V1= P2V2

 

My hint is to simply examine firstly, what the actual value of nRT is, and then compare it to the combined gas law (PV/T = k), and avogadro's law (V/n = k) in terms of content.

Edited by Theophrastus

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Im just completely confused by this one... can anyone help me further please

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So you have PV = k, and PV = nRT

 

They will be identical if n and T are constant (R is already a constant)

n is atom number (in moles) and T is temperature

 

Thank you :)

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