What gas law is illustrated by this picture?

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michael · Truong-Son N.
Jun 7, 2017

Explanation:

Boyle's Law states that pressure and volume of a gas are inversely proportional (P⋅V is constant for constant mols of ideal gas and constant temperature).

As the piston is lowered to a new volume 12 the original, the volume the gas occupies decreases by that same factor, however, the particles are colliding with each other and the walls of the container more often, resulting in a greater pressure. The pressure increases by a factor of 2, and P⋅V is constant.

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