Boyle’s law, also called 

Mariotte’s law, a relation

concerning the compression and expansion of a gas at
constant temperature.

This empirical relation, formulated by the physicist Robert

Boyle in 1662, states that the pressure (p) of a given quantity
of gas varies inversely with its volume (v) at constant
temperature; i.e., in equation form, pv = k, a constant. The
relationship was also discovered by the French physicist Edme
Mariotte (1676).

The law can be derived from the kinetic theory of

gases assuming a perfect (ideal) gas (see perfect gas). Real
gases obey Boyle’s law at sufficiently low pressures, although
the product pv generally decreases slightly at higher pressures,
where the gas begins to depart from ideal behaviour.

How was Boyle's law discovered?

Boyle's Law

In 1654 Otto von Guericke had invented the vacuum pump. ... He discussed
the concept of a vacuum pump with Hooke, who improved von Guericke's
design. Using Hooke's pump, Boyle and Hooke carried out experiments to
investigate the properties of air and the vacuum, making their first great
discovery: Boyle's Law

When was Boyle's law discovered?

1662
Boyle's Law is a basic law in chemistry describing the behavior of a gas held at a
constant temperature. The law, discovered by Robert A. Boyle in 1662, states that at a
fixed temperature, the volume of gas is inversely proportional to the pressure exerted by
the gas
Who discovered Boyle's?

Robert Boyle
Every general-chemistry student learns of Robert Boyle (1627–1691) as the person who
discovered that the volume of a gas decreases with increasing pressure and vice versa—
the famous Boyle's law. A leading scientist and intellectual of his day, he was a great
proponent of the experimental method

Who was Robert Boyle influenced by?

Isaac Newton

Robert Hooke

Daniel Bernoulli

Richard Lower

How did Boyle change how scientists make discoveries?

Robert Boyle put chemistry on a firm scientific footing, transforming it
from a field bogged down in alchemy and mysticism into one based on
measurement. He defined elements, compounds, and mixtures, and he
coined the new term 'chemical analysis,' a field in which he made several
powerful contributions
What is the application of Boyle's Law?

If you decrease its pressure, its volume increases. You can observe a real-life
application of Boyle's Law when you fill your bike tires with air. When you
pump air into a tire, the gas molecules inside the tire get compressed and
packed closer together. ... One important demonstration of Boyle's law is our
own breathing.

What is Boyle's law physics?

Boyle's law—named for Robert Boyle—states that, at constant temperature,

the pressure P of a gas varies inversely with its volume V, or PV = k,
where k is a constant. ...

What is Boyle's law experiment?

Boyle's law states that the pressure of a fixed mass of gas at constant

temperature is inversely proportional to its volume. ... In this experiment
the volume of a mass of trapped air in a syringe is varied while the pressure is
monitored with a pressure sensor. The data obtained is used to investigate
Boyle's law.