SHEPHERDVILLE COLLEGE

Talojongon, Tigaon, Camarines Sur

Philippines

COLLEGE OF EDUCATION
First Semester 2020-2021

Thermodynamics

NAME:_______________________________________ DATE: _______________

COURSE and SECTION: _______________________________ SCORE: ______________

Activity 3
Boyle’s Law

I-Objectives:
At the end of this activity, the students should be able to:
a. state Boyle’s Law;
b. find the way in which volume of a given mass of a gas changes when its pressure is
changed, the temperature being kept constant.

II-Materials:
- obtain a piece of glass tubing about 1 meter long with a small bore (not more than 1
mm). By suction draw into the tube enough mercury to fill about one-third of its
length, taking care not to allow any moisture to enter. Then hold the tube
horizontally, with the mercury column midway between the ends and seal one end
with a blowpipe or by using sealing wax.

III- Procedure:
 1. Read the barometer carefully. Then lay the tube horizontally on the table and
measure the length of the inside air and also the length of the mercury column.
2. Repeat the readings when the tube is in a vertical position with the open end up and
also when the open end is down. (See Figure 13)
3. If p is the height of the barometer and I is the length of the mercury column in the
tube, the pressure in the first case is p, in the second case p + I, and in the third case
p-I. Also, if the tube is of uniform cross-section the volume of the enclosed air is
proportional to its length, and consequently the number representing the length can
be used to represent the volume also.

Data and Results:

Position Volume, V Pressure, P Product, P x V

1 V1 = P=
2 V2 = P+I=
3 V3 = P–I=

Calculations:

 Take a photo and attach it below. (5 points)

 Questions:

1. If you were to plot the volume against the pressure, what relationship may be cited
between the two given quantities?
2. What do you think may happen if temperature was not held constant? Will it affect
the pressure or the volume? Why?

IV- Conclusion/Generalizations: (10 points)