Boyle & Charles Laws Of Life

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Robert Boyle Jacques Charles January 25, 1625-December 31, 1691 History Robert Boyle was a 17th century philosopher, chemist, and physicist. He is best known for Boyle’s Law. He is the founder of modern chemistry. November 12, 1746-April 7, 1823 History Jacques Charles was a French inventor, scientist, mathematician, and balloonist. Charles was born in Beaugency-sur-Loire in 1746; He married Julie Françoise Bouchaud des Hérettes in 1784–1817. Boyle's law describes the inversely proportional relationship between the absolute pressure and volume of a gas, if the temperature is kept constant within a closed system. The formula for Boyle’s law is P1V1 = P2V2. A basketball has a volume of 10.0 L at a pressure of 101 kPa. What will be the new volume when the pressure drops to 43.0 kPa? Formula- P1 = 101 kPa P2= 43.0 kPa V1 = 10.0 L V2 = ? V2 = (101 kPa) (10.0 L) /43.0 kPa= 23.5 L Charles law also known as the law of volumes, describes how gases tend to expand when heated. It was first published by philosopher Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac in 1802, but he credited it to Jacques Charles, and named the law in his honor. Around 1787 Charles did an experiment where he filled 5 balloons to the same volume with different gases. He then raised the temperature of the balloons to 80 degrees C and noticed that they all increased in volume by the same amount. There was a relationship between the volume and temperature of a gas. Charles' Law states that under constant pressure, an ideal volume is proportional to its absolute temperature. The volume of a gas at constant pressure increases with the absolute temperature of the gas. The formula for Charles Law is V1/T1 = V2/T2. What would be the volume of a 2.0 L balloon at 25.0 Degrees C, which was placed in a container of ice water at 3.0 Degrees C? Formula- V1/T1 = V2/T2. V1=

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