scruff Posted August 22, 2009 Share Posted August 22, 2009 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swansont Posted August 23, 2009 Share Posted August 23, 2009 Compare the two laws. What is Boyle's Law? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theophrastus Posted August 23, 2009 Share Posted August 23, 2009 (edited) 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 August 23, 2009 by Theophrastus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scruff Posted August 23, 2009 Author Share Posted August 23, 2009 Im just completely confused by this one... can anyone help me further please Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swansont Posted August 23, 2009 Share Posted August 23, 2009 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scruff Posted August 23, 2009 Author Share Posted August 23, 2009 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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