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==History== | ==History== | ||
Boyle's law is attributed to both [[Robert Boyle]] and to Edme Mariotte. However, it seems that it was originally | Boyle's law is attributed to both [[Robert Boyle]] and to Edme Mariotte. However, it seems that it was originally | ||
proposed by Henry Power in 1661 | proposed by Henry Power in 1661 <ref>Henry Power "Experimental philosophy, in three books : containing new experiments microscopical, mercurial, magnetical : with some deductions, and probable hypotheses, raised from them, in avouchment and illustration of the now famous atomical hypothesis." Printed by T. Roycroft, for John Martin and James Allestry (1664)</ref>. | ||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
*[[Charles's law]] | *[[Charles's law]] | ||
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*[[Equation of State: Ideal Gas | Ideal gas law]] | *[[Equation of State: Ideal Gas | Ideal gas law]] | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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[[category: classical thermodynamics]] | [[category: classical thermodynamics]] | ||
Latest revision as of 12:41, 20 December 2011
Boyle's law states that
where is the pressure, is the volume and is a constant. This holds true for an ideal gas.
History[edit]
Boyle's law is attributed to both Robert Boyle and to Edme Mariotte. However, it seems that it was originally proposed by Henry Power in 1661 [1].
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ Henry Power "Experimental philosophy, in three books : containing new experiments microscopical, mercurial, magnetical : with some deductions, and probable hypotheses, raised from them, in avouchment and illustration of the now famous atomical hypothesis." Printed by T. Roycroft, for John Martin and James Allestry (1664)