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Boyle's Law Experiment: Measuring the Relationship between Pressure and Volume of Air, Lecture notes of Law

An experiment aimed at studying the relationship between the pressure and volume of an air sample at constant temperature. An introduction to boyle's law and the ideal gas law, details the experimental procedure, and suggests an analysis process to determine the constant in boyle's law. The document also includes a data table for the experiment.

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PHYS 1401
General Physics I
EXPERIMENT 11
BOYLE’s LAW
I. INTRODUCTION
The objective of this experiment is to study the relationship between the pressure
and volume of an air sample at constant temperature. This will be done by measur-
ing the pressure of a constant amount of air contained in a cylinder as the volume
of the air is varied. The results will be compared with the predictions of Boyle’s
law and the ideal gas law.
II. THEORY
Boyle’s law states that, for constant temperature, the product of the volume and
the pressure of an ideal gas is a constant.
PV =C(1)
The ideal gas law
PV =nRT (2)
states that this constant (nRT)is proportional to the amount of ideal gas in the sam-
ple (the number of moles, n) and the absolute temperature, T. The constant Rin
this equation is the universal gas constant which has a value of R=8.31 J/(mole.K)
in SI units. Note that if Tis held constant throughout the experiment, then the ideal
gas law reduces to Boyle’s law.
III. APPARATUS
Pressure sensor, syringe and computer.
IV. EXPERIMENTAL PROCEDURE
1. Connect the open end of the syringe to the pressure sensor. Open the valve
and pull the plunger back to set the initial volume of the air in the cylinder
at 20.0 cm3. Close the valve.
2. Connect the pressure sensor to Channel (1) of the LabPro.
3. Open the following folders and programs: Logger pro, then Experiments,
then Probes and Sensors, then Pressure Sensors and Boyle’s Law. Click ok
on sensor confirmation.
4. Before you start taking data, make sure that the volume of the air is still
20.0 cm3. If not make the necessary adjustments to restore the volume to
20.0 cm3.
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PHYS 1401

General Physics I

EXPERIMENT 11 BOYLE’s LAW

I. INTRODUCTION The objective of this experiment is to study the relationship between the pressure and volume of an air sample at constant temperature. This will be done by measur- ing the pressure of a constant amount of air contained in a cylinder as the volume of the air is varied. The results will be compared with the predictions of Boyle’s law and the ideal gas law.

II. THEORY Boyle’s law states that, for constant temperature, the product of the volume and the pressure of an ideal gas is a constant.

PV = C (1)

The ideal gas law PV = nRT (2)

states that this constant (nRT) is proportional to the amount of ideal gas in the sam- ple (the number of moles, n) and the absolute temperature, T. The constant R in this equation is the universal gas constant which has a value of R = 8.31 J/(mole.K) in SI units. Note that if T is held constant throughout the experiment, then the ideal gas law reduces to Boyle’s law.

III. APPARATUS

Pressure sensor, syringe and computer.

IV. EXPERIMENTAL PROCEDURE

  1. Connect the open end of the syringe to the pressure sensor. Open the valve and pull the plunger back to set the initial volume of the air in the cylinder at 20.0 cm^3. Close the valve.
  2. Connect the pressure sensor to Channel (1) of the LabPro.
  3. Open the following folders and programs: Logger pro , then Experiments , then Probes and Sensors , then Pressure Sensors and Boyle’s Law. Click ok on sensor confirmation.
  4. Before you start taking data, make sure that the volume of the air is still 20.0 cm^3. If not make the necessary adjustments to restore the volume to 20.0 cm^3.
  1. With the volume at 20.0 cm^3 click on collect , then click keep. The computer will record the pressure (in kPa) and will ask you to enter the volume in ml (1 ml = 1 cm^3 ). Note that this initial pressure is the atmospheric pressure.
  2. Move the plunger to the next volume in the data table, click keep and en- ter the volume when prompted by the computer. Be very careful with the volume measurement. It is crucial to the success of this experiment.
  3. Repeat the above process for all the given volumes. You will have eleven data points. Click stop to end the data-taking session.
  4. As the data are recorded, the computer will plot the pressure (in kPa) vs. volume (in cm^3 ).

V. ANALYSIS

  1. The following is a series of computer calculations which will allow you to calculate the constant on the right hand side of Boyle’s law, C.
  2. You would like to get the computer to multiply the pressure and volume data. Go to data on the main menu and scroll down to new calculated col- umn. In the dialogue box, call this column PV. You will calculate this prod- uct in units of Joules.
  3. To enter the equation for the new column, go to "variables (columns)" and choose "pressure". Then multiply by "volume" chosen the same way. Multi- ply this product by (0.001) to change the units to Joules. Click done
  4. Are the numbers in this column very close to each other? If they are, then PV is a constant. To calculate the value of this constant, find the average of all the numbers in this column. Call this average C as was done in equation (1).
  5. Using the thermometer hanging on the wall of the lab, read the temperature in Celsius and convert to Kelvin.
  6. Calculate the number of moles of air in the air sample using the equation:

n =

C

RT

where R = 8.31 J/(mole.K) and T is the absolute temperature.

  1. To check the validity of the data, you will calculate the number of moles of air from the theory. It is known that one mole of an ideal gas at STP (T = 273 K and P = 1 atm = 1.01 × 105 Pa) occupies a volume of 22.4 × 103 cm^3. Using your knowledge of the initial volume, temperature and pressure of the air, you can calculate the number of moles. First use the equation

P 1 V 1 T 1

P 2 V 2

T 2

Experiment (11) Data Table

Volume of Air Sample V (cm^3 )

Pressure P (kPa)

PV

(J)

Average value of PV in Joules, C =

Number of moles in the air sample, n = (^) RTC =

V 1 = 20.0 cm^3 V 2 =

Room Pressure, P 1 = 1.0 atm P 2 = 1.0 atm

Room Temperature, T 1 = T 2 = 273 K

Number of Moles, n = V^2 22, 400 cm^3