Does Boyle’s Law state that as volume increases, pressure decreases or as pressure increases, volume decreases?
1 Answer
Sep 13, 2016
Boyle's Law states both that as volume increases pressure decreases and that as pressure increases volume decreases.
Explanation:
Boyle's Law states that pressure and volume are inversely proportional, but also assumes that the material is a confined gas (so no amount of gas increases or decreases) and the temperature remains steady.
Mathematically, it can be stated a couple of ways:
or
And so Boyle's Law states both that as volume increases pressure decreases and that as pressure increases volume decreases.