Name: Princess Diana Bonifacio, Amira Payao, Faijah Samson Score:

Course & Section: BS Physics 2 Date Performed: October 10, 2022

Group Number: Group 2 Date Submitted: October 10, 2022
Name Of Instructor: Mr. Daniel Marquez

Activity 4
Boyle’s Law
Laboratory Report

No. of particles: 500 Temperature (K): 300 Pressure (atm)

Length (nm) Trial 1 Trial 2 Trial 3 Average =1/(Average)
5.0 116.8 116.9 116.8 116.83 0.0085592
6.0 97.3 97.3 97.3 97.3 0.01027749
7.0 83.4 83.4 83.4 83.4 0.0119904
8.0 72.9 73.1 73.3 73.1 0.01367989
9.0 64.5 64.6 64.6 64.56 0.01548786

Procedure:

1. Refresh to restart setup.

2. Introduce 500 particles. Click green + sign to show number of particles.
3. After introducing particles, fix the temperature by clicking the Hold Constant for “Temperature” on the right.
4. Click the “Width” tick box on the right to show the box length.
5. Adjust the volume by swiping the left handle to the indicated length on the table above.
6. Do this for three trials, refreshing after each trial is done.

Calculations:

Show the calculations for the first row of data in the spaces provided below. Enter the results of all the calculations in
the table.

1. Calculate the average pressure for the three trials for each length of the box fixed.
2. Calculate the inverse for each of the average pressures.

3. Plot the graph using the lengths as horizontal axis and average pressures as vertical axis.

4. Plot a second graph using the lengths as horizontal axis and the inverses of average pressure as vertical.
Questions:

1. On the basis of the graphs you have plotted, what is the relationship between the volume of a gas and the
pressure that is exerted on it?

Based on the graphs we have plotted, the bigger the volume, the lesser the pressure is exerted in the container. That
is, the volume of the gas is inversely proportional to the pressure. This is stated on the Boyle’s Law.

2. In plotting the graphs, the lengths was used as one of the coordinates instead of the volume. Explain why the
shapes of the graphs would be the same in both cases.

The formula for the volume of a cuboid or a rectangular box is length × width × height. So, we increase the length of
the container, the volume also increases, similarly, if we decrease the length, the volume also decreases. the shapes
of the graphs would be the same in both cases because just as the length or volume increases, the pressure would
decrease. So, it does not matter if use the term length as one of the coordinates instead of the volume.

Generalization

In general, we learned about the Boyle’s law. It states that a gas' pressure and volume are inversely pro-
portional. We did a Phet Simulation in this topic. After getting the data, we plotted the points into the
graph. In here, we verified that the relationship of pressure and volume is inversely proportional.