How will you represent the Boyle's law graphically in different ways?
This law can be represented in three ways:
(i) Graph between P (pressure) and V (volume):
If a graph is plotted between P and V of gas at a particular temperature, a curve of the form of the regular hyperbola is obtained. This shows that volume is inversely proportional to pressure.
(ii) Graph between P (pressure) and : (1/volume):
If a graph is plotted between P and
a straight line is obtained which shows that pressure and volume are inversely related to each other.
(iii) Graph between P(pressure) and PV (Product of pressure and volume):
If a graph is plotted between P and PV, a horizontal straight line is obtained. This illustrates the relationship
PV = constant.
These curves plotted at particular temperature are known as isotherms.