Lab Manual

VERIFICATION OF BOYLE’S LAW

MISS ATIYA SADIQ

HITEC UNIVERSITY TAXILA  

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 HITEC University Taxila
Department Of Mechanical Engineering
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Verification of Boyle’s Law

Objectives:
a) To study the effects of pressure and volume on each other if we increase one by

keeping the other constant.

Theory:
The absolute Pressure exerted by a given mass of an ideal gas is inversely
proportional to the volume it occupies if the temperature and amount of gas remain
unchanged within a closed system.

Mathematically, Boyle's law can be stated as

Or

Where P is the pressure of the gas, V is the volume of the gas, and k is a constant.

The equation states that product of pressure and volume is a constant for a
given mass of confined gas as long as the temperature is constant. For comparing the
same substance under two different sets of conditions, the law can be usefully
expressed as

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 The equation shows that, as volume increases, the pressure of the gas
decreases in proportion. Similarly, as volume decreases, the pressure of the gas
increases. The law was named after chemist and physicist Robert Boyle, who
published the original law in 1662.

Apparatus:

Procedure:

1. Set the apparatus and turn on the machine.

2. Check all the things are in place and the instruments are clean and working.

3. Measure the length of the container in which the oil is to be filled and also the
pressure on the dial gauge.

4. Now start the oil pump, the oil level in the empty container will start to rise, as the oil
is being pumped into the container.

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 5. The pressure on the gauge will also start increasing note the pressure change and also
the height change.

6. This is the gauge pressure, add the atmospheric pressure in it to make it absolute and
also with the change in pressure also at the same instant measure the height change by
which we can calculate the change in volume.

7. Make a calculation table and plot the graph between pressure and volume.

8. The temperature of the experiment should be held constant or Boyle’s law will not be
applicable.

Observations and Calculations:

 Area of the column = A=π r 2
 Volume of the Air column = V = π r 2 Δh
 Δh is the changing height .
 Radius of the column = R
Sr. No Gauge pressure Absolute pressure Length Volume
Pg (bar) P = Pg + Patm (bar) Δh V (m3)

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