Boyle's Law

Boyle’s Law

Boyle’s Law describes how gases behave when pressure and volume change. It states that if the temperature remains constant, the pressure of a gas increases as its volume decreases, and the pressure decreases if the volume increases. This means pressure and volume have an inverse relationship. For examp...

Have you ever used a bike pump and felt the handle get harder to push as it goes down?

You can try the same with a syringe, too. Cover the tip and press the plunger. It becomes harder and harder because the trapped air is forced into a smaller volume.

This happens because of Boyle’s Law.

Boyle’s Law says that when the volume ...