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    This document provides instructions for experiments to verify Boyle's law and the gas laws using a Boyle's law demonstration unit. The experiments are: 1) Isochoric heating and cooling of a gas confined in a cylinder, which should show that the ratio of pressure to temperature (p/T) remains constant. 2) Isothermic compression of a gas by reducing the cylinder volume, which should show that the product of pressure and volume (pV) is constant. 3) Isothermic expansion of the gas by increasing the cylinder volume, which should also show a constant pV product. Results are to be recorded in tables and graphs to analyze consistency with the gas laws.

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    This document provides instructions for experiments to verify Boyle's law and the gas laws using a Boyle's law demonstration unit. The experiments are: 1) Isochoric heating and cooling of a gas confined in a cylinder, which should show that the ratio of pressure to temperature (p/T) remains constant. 2) Isothermic compression of a gas by reducing the cylinder volume, which should show that the product of pressure and volume (pV) is constant. 3) Isothermic expansion of the gas by increasing the cylinder volume, which should also show a constant pV product. Results are to be recorded in tables and graphs to analyze consistency with the gas laws.

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    This document provides instructions for experiments to verify Boyle's law and the gas laws using a Boyle's law demonstration unit. The experiments are: 1) Isochoric heating and cooling of a gas confined in a cylinder, which should show that the ratio of pressure to temperature (p/T) remains constant. 2) Isothermic compression of a gas by reducing the cylinder volume, which should show that the product of pressure and volume (pV) is constant. 3) Isothermic expansion of the gas by increasing the cylinder volume, which should also show a constant pV product. Results are to be recorded in tables and graphs to analyze consistency with the gas laws.

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    Boyle's law states that for a fixed mass of an ideal gas held at constant temperature, the product of pressure and volume is a constant. The experiments conducted in the lab were used to study and verify Boyle's law and other gas laws relating pressure, volume and temperature of a gas.

    Boyle's law states that the pressure and volume of a gas are inversely proportional at constant temperature - as pressure increases, volume decreases and vice versa while maintaining a constant product of pressure and volume.

    The experiments conducted were isochoric heating, isochoric cooling, isothermic compression and isothermic expansion. These experiments were used to study the relationships between pressure, volume and temperature as outlined by Boyle's law and other gas laws.

    Thermodynamics-MEC 454/ LS 3/IHR Rev.

    01-2009

    UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA


    FACULTY OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
    ________________________________________________________________________

    Program : Bachelor Of Engineering ( Hons ) Mechanical


    Course : Thermodynamics Lab
    Code : MEC 454
    ________________________________________________________________________

    LAB SHEET NO: 3

    THERMODYNAMICS LABORATORY SHEET

    TITLE : Boyle’s Law

    1. INTRODUCTION

    Gases have various properties which can be observed with our senses including its pressure,
    temperature, mass, and the volume which contains the gas. Careful, scientific observation has
    determined that these variables are related to one another and that the values of these properties
    determine the state of the gas.

    In the mid 1600’s, Robert Boyle studied the relationship between the pressure, p, and the volume,
    V, of a confined gas held at a constant temperature. Boyle’s Law states that:

    “For a fixed mass of ideal gas at fixed temperature, the product of pressure and volume is a
    constant”

    Mathematical-wise:

    p  V  const. T  const.
    Where:

    p is the pressure of the gas, and


    V is the volume of the gas

    A further relationship is described by the Gay-Lussac law. This law states that if a fixed quantity of
    gas is contained in a constant volume, the pressure is proportional to the absolute temperature.

    p T V  const.

    The combination of both laws leads to the general gas equation:

    p1V1 p 2V2
      const.
    T1 T2

    For a fixed quantity of gas, the expression


     p V  always remains constant.
    T

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    2. APPARATUS

    WL 102: BOYLE’S LAW DEMONSTRATION/PC (GUNT HAMBURG)

    Figure 1: The WL 102 Boyle’s Law Demonstration Unit

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    3. EXPERIMENTS

    3.1 Isochoric Heating

    1) Switch on unit at master switch


    2) Open the air discharge valve on the lid of the heatable cylinder and set the vessel to
    ambient pressure
    3) Close the air discharge valve
    4) Set the required final temperature on the heating regulator using the arrow keys
    5) Switch on the heater and operate as long as necessary until the final temperature is
    reached.
    6) Take readings of the temperature and pressure at equal time intervals until the final
    temperature is reached (5-7 readings)
    7) Leave the cylinder unchanged and continue immediately with the cooling experiment

    3.2 Isochoric Cooling

    1) Switch off heater.


    2) Open the air discharge valve on the lid of the heatable cylinder and set the vessel to
    ambient pressure.
    3) Close the air discharge valve again.
    4) Start taking the readings of the temperature and pressure at equal intervals while the
    vessel cools to ambient temperature.
    5) Open the air discharge valve on the lid of the cylinder and set the vessel to ambient
    pressure.
    6) Switch off the unit at the master switch.

    3.3 Isothermic Compression

    1) Switch on unit at the master switch.


    2) Open the air discharge valve on the lid of the cylinder halfway.
    3) Place both 3-way valves in position 1.
    4) Switch on the compressor using switch until the liquid level has reached the lowest
    mark on the scale on the cylinder.
    5) Switch off the compressor.
    6) Close the air discharge valve on the lid of the cylinder.
    7) Switch on the compressor. Liquid will start entering the cylinder. Take readings of the
    pressure and volume of air inside the cylinder as the cylinder is filled-up with the liquid.
    8) Stop the compressor once the liquid is filled-up to the upper most mark on the cylinder.
    The display for volume should show 1.00.
    9) Leave the cylinder unchanged and continue immediately with the expansion
    experiment.

    3.4 Isothermic Expansion

    1) Open and close the air discharge valve and the 3-way valve interchangeably until
    ambient pressure is reached in the cylinder. The level of liquid in the cylinder at this
    time should be adjusted to be at the upper mark of the cylinder
    2) Close the air discharge valve
    3) Place both flow adjustment valves in position 2
    4) Switch on the compressor and expand the gas volume until the lowest mark on the
    scale of the cylinder is reached. Take readings of the pressure and volume of the air
    throughout this process at regular intervals

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    4. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

    4.1 Isochoric Heating and Cooling

    Fill in the table below and plot graphs of (i) pressure, p versus temperature, T and (ii) p/T versus
    time, t for each of the experiments. Discuss the consistency of the p/T values obtained.

    Heating

    No. Time, t (min) Temperature, T (°C) Pressure, p (bar) p (bar) / T (K)


    1
    2
    3
    4
    5
    6
    7

    Cooling

    No. Time, t (min) Temperature, T (°C) Pressure, p (bar) p (bar) / T (K)


    1
    2
    3
    4
    5
    6
    7
    8
    9
    10
    11
    12

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    4.2 Isothermic Compression and Expansion

    Fill in the tables provided below and plot graphs of p versus V for each of the experiments. Discuss
    the consistency of the p  V values obtained

    Compression

    3 Temperature, p V
    No. Volume, V (m ) Pressure, p (bar)
    T (°C) (Nm)
    1
    2
    3
    4
    5

    Expansion

    3 Temperature, p V
    No. Volume, V (m ) Pressure, p (bar)
    T (°C) (Nm)
    1
    2
    3
    4
    5

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