BEHAVIOR OF GASES

VOLUME-PRESSURE RELATIONSHIP IN
GASES

• Fill a syringe with air by pulling the plunger up.

• Press your finger against the end of the syringe in
order to trap the air.
• Push the plunger in. try again, but press harder this
time.
 QUESTIONS
1. What do you observe?
2. Is the trapped air in the syringe affected by the added
pressure as you press down the plunger with minimal
force?
3. How do you relate the pressure (applied push) to the
volume or compressibility of air in the syringe?
BOYLES LAW
Robert Boyle, an English chemist, was the first to
determine the quantitative relationship between the
volumes and pressures of gases. His investigations in
1662 showed that doubling the pressure on a given
quantity of gases kept under constant temperature
halved the volume.

Increasing the gas pressure reduced the gas volume.

Boyles law may then be expressed as

V a ½ with T= constant or PXV=K

P1V1=P2V2
Sample Problem
1. A gas occupies a volume of 500 mL at a pressure of 2
atmospheres. What would be the new pressure if the
volume is increased to 800 mL?
Let P1 and V1 be the initial pressure and volume, respectively;
P2 and V2 are the final pressure and volume.

Given: p1= 2 atm, V1= 500 mL, V2=800 mL

FORMULA

P1V1=P2V2

Given: p1= 2 atm, V1= 500 mL,

V2=800 mL
2. The inflated balloon that slipped from the
hand of Renn has a volume of 0.50 L at sea
level (1.0 atm) and it reached a height of
approximately 8 km where the atm pressure
is approximately 0.33 atm. Assuming that the
temperature is constant, compute for the
final volume of the balloon
 given FORMULA

V1= P1V1=P2V2
P1=
V2=
P2=
 SHORT QUIZ ½ CROSSWISE
1. Oxygen gas inside a 1.5 L gas tank has a pressure of
0.95 atm. Provided that the temperature remains
constant, how much pressure is needed to reduced
its volume by ½?
2. A scuba diver needs a diving tank in order to
provide breathing gas while he is underwater. How
much pressure is needed for 6 L of gas at 1.01 atm
pressure to be compressed in a 3 L cylinder?
 VOLUME-TEMPERATURE
RELATIONSHIP IN GASES
MATERIALS
• Small deflated toy balloon
• Vial or small bottle
• Bowl of extremely hot water and tap water
• Thermometer
• Tape measure
• rubber
PROCEDURE
1. Clean and dry the vial or small bottle.
2. Place the open end of the toy balloon around the neck of the
bottle. If it does not fit snugly, secure it with a rubber band.
3. Put the bottle in the bowl of extremely hot water and measure
its temperature. After a few minutes, observe what happens.
Record the circumference of the balloon using a tape measure.
4. Remove the bottle from the hot water bowl and allow it to
cool. Get the temperature of the water and measure the
circumference of the balloon. Observe what happens to the
toy balloon.
5. Record your observation.