Gas Laws

Boyles Law
Robert

Boyle
Pressure-Volume relationship
while temperature & amount remain
constant
Inverse

P1V1=P2V2

Boyles Law

Charles Law
Jacques

Alexandre Charles
Temperature-Volume Relationship
while amount and pressure remain constant
Direct

V1
T1

V2

T2

Temperature must be in

Charles Law

Daltons Law of Partial

Pressure
John

Dalton

Total

pressure of a mixture
of nonreacting gases is
the sum of their individual
partial pressures

P1+ P2+ P3=PTotal

Daltons Law of Partial

Pressure

Avogadros Law
Amedeo

Avogadro
Amount-Volume Relationship
while temperature and pressure
are constant
Direct

V1

n1

n V

V2

n2

Ideal Gas Law

Used

to study behavior of gases

PV=nRT

P: Pressure
V: Volume
n: Number of
moles
R: gas constant
T: Temperature

Pressure
Unit

R value

atm

0.0821atmL/molK

mmHg

62.4 mmHgL/molK