Boyle's Law Simulation for an Ideal Gas

Physics | Heat and Thermodynamic

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Boyle's Law Simulation for an Ideal Gas

General Aim

Verification of Boyle’s law by using gas law simulation lab.

Method of Boyle’s Experiment

J- shaped tube method

Learning Objectives (ILOs) of Boyle's law simulation

  • By the end of the Boyle's law simulation, student will be able to:

  • Explain the relation between the pressure exerted on an ideal gas and the volume it occupies at constant temperature by using Boyle's law lab experiment.
  • Set up an experiment (Boyle's experiment) to study the pressure-volume relation for an ideal gas.
  • Learn how to use gas law simulator

Theoretical Background / Context

  • Now consider the J-tube shown in Figure (1). If mercury is poured into this tube from its open end, a certain quantity of air is trapped in the closed tube.

 

         Fig 1.                                 Fig 2. 

  • If we raise the open-end tube, the pressure on the trapped air increases by the amount  made by the excess mercury in the open tube.
  • Now if we plot a graphical relation between the 1/Vf on the vertical axis vs pf on the horizontal axis, we should get a straight line as shown in Figure (2). Hence, Boyle’s law is verified.

Principle Work of Gas Law Simulation Lab

In Boyle's law virtual lab, study the change in volume occupied by a gas when the pressure exerted on it changes at constant temperature..

 

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