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Robert Boyle (1627-1691)
Robert Boyle was a 17th century intellectual whose emphasis on
experimentation and quantification helped lay the foundation for
modern chemistry. Born in Ireland to an aristocratic family, he
entered Eton College at the age of 8. He then toured Europe and
studied abroad as a young teenager, at one point having a
religious experience that turned him into a devoted Christian. A
student of natural philosophy, he proposed an early atomic theory
of matter, formulated the first definition of an element and
conducted rigorous experiments with detailed documentation. With
his Oxford assistant Robert Hooke, Boyle devised an air pump that
allowed him to experiment with vacuums and the properties of
gases, metals, combustion and sound. He is known for Boyle's law,
which states that the pressure and volume of gas at a constant
temperature have an inversely proportional relationship (in France
it is known as Mariotte's law, for Edme Mariotte). A prolific writer
throughout his career, he wrote on matters of science and religion
and posthumously financed a lecture series designed to use
science to defend Christianity.
At a fixed temperature, the volume of a gas is inversely
proportional to the pressure exerted by the gas .
Equation :
http://www.iun.edu/~cpanhd/C101webnotes/gases/boyleslaw.html
Slide 3
ACTIVITY
Experimental Design:
http://www.blackgold.ab.ca/ict/Division4/Science/Div.%204/Boyles%20L
APPLICATION of
BOYLE’S LAW
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5oJ9nOY0_c&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKH7CtsEgHw&feature=related
http://video.aol.com/video-detail/inflat8ing-a-balloon/1637852675/?icid=VIDURVHOV09
Science Inset May 25-27 ,2009