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Boyle's Law

Chemistry

Boyle's law states that the pressure of a given quantity of gas is inversely proportional to its volume at a constant temperature.

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Proposed YearSourced to the subject's own account
1662 1
Proposed BySourced to the subject's own account
Robert Boyle 1
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Chemistry, Disciplines
Source Boyle's Law (Wikipedia)
Physics, Disciplines
Source Boyle's Law (Wikipedia)

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Additional Source Boyle's Law (Wikipedia)History section (edge: proposed-by, Boyle)
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1. Boyle's Law (Wikipedia)
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  • Lead section (entity-description)
    Boyle's law states that the pressure of a given quantity of gas is inversely proportional to its volume at a constant temperature.
  • Lead section (proposed-year)
    The law is based on experiments published by Robert Boyle in 1662.
  • Lead section (proposed-by)
    The law is based on experiments published by Robert Boyle in 1662.
  • Proposed By: Robert Boyle, History section (edge: proposed-by, Boyle)
    Robert Boyle confirmed their discovery through experiments and published the results.
  • Belongs To: Physics, Lead, sentence 1
    Boyle's law, also referred to as the Boyle-Mariotte law or Mariotte's law (especially in France), is an empirical gas law that describes the relationship between pressure and volume of a confined gas.
  • Belongs To: Chemistry, Lead, sentence 1
    Boyle's law, also referred to as the Boyle-Mariotte law or Mariotte's law (especially in France), is an empirical gas law that describes the relationship between pressure and volume of a confined gas.
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