Boyles Law ()

Prepared by: Dr. Intikhab Ansari

Room No: 1A20

Objective- To determine the atmospheric pressure (Pa) by Boyles law.

Formula used-

PV constant
constant ( h Pa ).(l.a)
Where
PV (h Pa ).(l.a )
So,
1
a
( h Pa ).

l
PV

a
D
PV

Say

1
(h Pa ). D
l

D0

So,

( h Pa ) 0

Pa h

Boyles experiment

Observation table
A (cm)

60
60
60
60
60
60

x (cm) y (cm)

h ( y x)

l ( A x)

(cm)

39.7
40.2
40.7
41
41.5
41.9

(cm. Hg)
(x-axis)
8.3
9.8
11.3
13
14.5
16.1

48
50
52
54
56
58

1
(cm 1 )
l

(y-axis)
0.0493
0.0505
0.0518
0.0526
0.0541
0.0552

20.3
19.8
19.3
19.0
18.5
18.1

Graph

0.07
0.06

0.03
0.02

Pa=61.7 cm of Hg

0.01

0.00
-80 -70 -60 -50 -40 -30 -20 -10 0

h (cm.Hg)
Result: Atmospheric pressure is found to be
Pa =61.7 (cm.Hg )

-1

0.04

1/l (cm )

0.05

10

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