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Apr 7, 2015

Are you asking about a plot of Boyle's Law?

Boyle's Law is

PV = k or P = k/V

There are three common ways of plotting Boyle's Law: P vs. V, P vs. "1/"V, and PV vs. V.

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P vs. V

A plot of P vs. V is a hyperbola.

Remember that (PV)/T = k or P = (kT)/V.

If we increase the temperature, the new value of kT will be higher, and the new graph will be above the original plot.

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P vs. "1/"V

Since P = (kT)/V, a plot of P vs. "1/"V is a straight line with a slope kT starting at the origin.

If T increases, the slope kT increases, and the new graph will be above the original plot.

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PV vs. V

A plot of PV vs. V is a horizontal straight line, because PV = kT = "a constant".

If T increases, kT increases, and we get a new horizontal line above the original plot.

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