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Friday, February 6, 2009

ROBERT BOYLE


ROBERT BOYLE (1627 - 1691)
Boyle was born in Monster, Irland on Jan 26, 1627 into a rich family. He joined Eton college at the age of eight. Then after 3 years of study he toured Europe. In 1641 he was influenced by Galilio and studied science. After he returned to England he joined Oxford High school and worked as a teacher.

He stated a law related to gaseous pressure. Boyle’s law states that it constant temperature the volume of a given mass of gas is inversely proportional to the pressure that PV = Constant.

Boyle was a kind man and generous. He helped Issac Newton to publish his principia.

Boyle proved that elements cannot be divided. He died on 30 December 1691.

Charles law states that at constant pressure all gases expand by 1/273 of their volume at 0 C; that is the volume of a given mass of gas a constant pressure is directly proportional to the absolute temperature.

Boyle’s law and Charle’s law are called gas laws. These are not perfectly obeyed by ordinary gases being strictly true only for the ideal gases. Amedeo ayogadro law is also a gas law which states that equal volumes of different gases contain the same number of particles if they all have the same pressure and temperature.

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