What are the Gas Laws in Chemistry?
The gas laws can be used to predict the behaviour of gases under certain physical conditions. Examples of gas laws include Charles’ law, Boyle’s law, and Gay-Lussac’s law. These laws provide relationships between:
The pressure exerted by gaseous substances on the walls of their containers (often denoted by ‘P’)
The absolute temperature associated with the gas (denoted by the symbol ‘T’ and expressed in Kelvin)
The number of moles of gas or the amount of gaseous substance (generally denoted by ‘n’)
The volume occupied by the gas (often denoted by the symbol ‘V’ and expressed in terms of litres)
A brief description of three of the gas laws is provided in this article.
Boyle’s Law
Boyle’s law states that the pressure exerted by a gas on its container increases as the volume of the container d...