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3 BOYLES LAW
Option 1: Changing the volume of air to measure pressure
Hypothesis:
When the volume of air decreases, the pressure increases when its mass and temperature is
constant
Aim:
To investigate the relationship between the pressure and volume of air
Variables:
Manipulated: Volume of air within syringe
Responding: Pressure of air
Constant: Mass, temperature of air
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Apparatus and Materials: Rubber hose, Bordon gauge, 100 cm syringe

Set up:

Procedure:
1. Apparatus is set up as per the diagram.
2. The nose of the syringe is fitted with a rubber hose and the piston is adjusted so that air volume of 100
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cm at atmospheric pressure is trapped in the syringe.
3. The rubber hose is connected to a Bourdon gauge and air pressure is read from the
gauge.
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4. The piston of the syringe is pushed in until the trapped air volume becomes 90 cm
and the air pressure is read from the Bourdon gauge.
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5. Step 4 is repeated for air volume values 80, 70, and 60 cm .

Results:

3 Pressure, P (Pa)
Volume, V (cm ) 1 -3
(cm )
V

Analysis:
A graph of P against
Analysis:

A graph of P against 1
is plotted.
V
A linear graph going through the origin is obtained.
This indicates that pressure is inversely proportional to the volume of
gas.

Conclusion:
Gas pressure of fixed mass is inversely proportional to its volume.