1. Notes Ch. 14.2
Gas Laws
Chemistry

2. Boyle’s Law: Pressure and Volume
If the temperature is constant, as the pressure of a gas increases, the volume decreases. Also in pressure decreases, volume will increase.
Boyles law states that for a given mass of gas at constant temperature the volume of the gas varies inversely with pressure.
The mathematical expression of Boyle’s Law is:
P1 x V1 = P2 x V2

4. Charles’s Law: Temperature and Volume
As the temperature of an enclosed gas increases, the volume increases, if the pressure is constant.
Charles’s Law states that the volume of a fixed mass of gas is directly proportional to its Kelvin temperature if the pressure is kept constant.
So mathematically:
V1\T2 = V2,\T2

6. Gay-Lussac’s Law: Pressure and Temperature
As the temperature of an enclosed gas increases, the pressure increases, if the volume is constant.
Gay-Lussac’s Law states that the pressure of a gas is directly proportional to the Kelvin temperature if the volume is constant.
Mathematically:
P1\T1 = P2\T2

8. The Combined Gas Law
There is an expression that combines Boyle’s, Charles’s, and Gay-Lussac’s laws. This is called the combined gas law. This allows you to do calculations for situations where only the amount of gas is constant.
P1,x V1/ T1 = P2 x V2 / T2
We will go over all of this in class.