How do you derive the Ideal Gas Law from Boyle and Charles’ laws?
1 Answer
Feb 29, 2016
Well the original equation is PV = nRT
From there, we can make several derivations
If any part is constant, we can just isolate it and equal all of these to the other case
For example, the R is often constant, so we can set up
PV / nT = R = PV / nT
Boyle's law assumes that only pressure and volume changes
So, we have PV = PV
Charles' law assumes that P, R, and n are constant
So we have V/T = V/T
