Boyle’s Law 5-1: Boyle’s Law: Pressure and Volume Robert Boyle‚ a philosopher and theologian‚ studied the properties of gases in the 17th century. He noticed that gases behave similarly to springs; when compressed or expanded‚ they tend to ‘spring’ back to their original volume. He published his findings in 1662 in a monograph entitled The Spring of the Air and Its Effects. You will make observations similar to those of Robert Boyle and learn about the relationship between the pressure and volume
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Robert Boyle employed a J-shaped piece of glass tubing that was sealed on one end. A gas (air) was trapped in the sealed end of the tube and varying amounts of mercury were added to the J-shaped tube to vary the pressure of the system. Boyle systematically varied the pressure and measured the volume of the gas. These measurements were performed using a fixed amount of gas and a constant temperature. In this way Boyle was able to examine the pressure-volume relationship without complications from
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Born in Cork‚ Ireland‚ in the year 1627‚ Robert Boyle was born into a very rich family. His father‚ Richard Boyle‚ was the Earl of Cork. Part of Boyle’s success was because he lived with one of the richest men of Ireland. Richard Boyle‚ however‚ gained his money through stealing. His mother died before he was 12. Though he did well at his school initially‚ when a new headmaster arrived‚ Boyle did poorly. His father removed him from his school‚ and hired a tutor to teach him
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Boyles’ Law Use Boyles’ Law to answer the following questions: 1) 1.00 L of a gas at standard temperature and pressure is compressed to 473 mL. What is the new pressure of the gas? 2) In a thermonuclear device‚ the pressure of 0.050 liters of gas within the bomb casing reaches 4.0 x 106 atm. When the bomb casing is destroyed by the explosion‚ the gas is released into the atmosphere where it reaches a pressure of 1.00 atm. What is the volume of the gas after the explosion
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Purpose and Method: The purpose of this experiment was to understand Boyle’s Law. In the experiment the pressure in the system under constant temperature and mass was used to confirm if the laws are true. Boyles law relates pressure and volume while all other factors are consistent and states: for a fixed amount of gas kept at constant temp‚ the product of the pressure of the gas and its volume will remain constant if either quantity is changed‚ or where k is constant. The experiment consisted
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An Investment Decision “What’s the fuss about? It’s only a greasy spoon!” That summed it up‚ thought Emma. Her accountant boyfriend Leon simply didn’t understand her business. When she bought the Swan Café two years ago‚ it was so run down that the lease cost just £4‚000. And it was now a thriving business. Close to the river in Oxford‚ it had a great trade from builders between 7 and 9.00‚ from students from 9.00 till 1.00 and from tourists between 1.00 and 4.30. Then students drifted back
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true are “Greasy Lake” by T.C. Boyle and “Sweetheart of the Song Tra Bong” by Tim O’Brien. To begin‚ “Greasy Lake” demonstrates just how malicious a person can be. Boyle uses the characterization of the narrator to show how evil is hidden in every person. The narrator is characterized as greasy‚ bad and reckless. For example‚ when the narrator and his friends arrive at greasy lake they start a fight with a greasy character that is there with his girlfriend. While fighting the greasy character
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Grease Lake Lessons There comes a time in many kids life where they want to be bad. They don’t want to be bad to get in trouble and face consequences. They want to be bad because it appears cool. The cool kids sat in the back of class and talked while the teacher was teaching. The cool kids went to parties where there was underage drinking and drugs. The cool kids walked around wearing cool clothes and sunglasses as if they answered to no one and had no care in the world. The cool kids acted
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Boyle’s Law Lab Purpose: To determine the relationship between pressure exerted and volume of a gas. Materials: Lab simulation. Procedure: 1. Open animation file 2. Modify the number of books that press down on the piston starting from 0 books and increasing by 1 each time until 19 books. 3. Record the pressure (# of books) and volume for 19 different pressure values. 4. Record those values in a table 5. Using the data‚ plot a graph of pressure in function of volume. Conclusion:
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“Disguises” Every character and their relationships between them in “Tooth and Claw” by T. Coraghessan Boyle‚ disguise themselves in many ways‚ both consciously and unconsciously‚ all for different purposes. The author introduces us to four major characters in this story that all interact with each other and have some sort of mask over themselves hiding their true identities and motives. The main character James Turner Jr. has recently moved to California “So that I could inject
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