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Boyle's Law
Chemistry · 1662
- Equation
- p₁V₁ = p₂V₂
- Field
- Chemistry
- Named After
- Robert Boyle
- Symbols
- p pressure · V volume · subscripts: two states of the same gas · holds at constant temperature and amount
- Significance
- Squeeze a gas and its pressure rises in exact proportion — the oldest quantitative gas law, and the reason a syringe works.
- Year
- 1662
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