Boyle-Mariotte's law, or also called Boyle's law, are postulates that were carried out independently by physicists Robert Boyle in 1662 and Edme Mariotte in 1676. This law belongs to the so-called gas laws, which associates the volume and pressure of a specific quantity of gas contained at a continuous temperature.
This law determines the following:
The pressure exerted by a chemical force is inversely proportional to the mass of gas, as long as its temperature is kept permanent. Which means then, that if the volume were to go up, the pressure would go down and if the pressure went up, the volume would go down.
This law was initially proposed by Robert Boyle in the year 1662. Edme Mariotte, for his part, through his research, also reached the same conclusion as Boyle, however the publication of his work was only possible in the year 1676. It is for this reason that this law appears in many texts with the names of both scientists.
Now, in order to demonstrate his theory, Boyle carried out the following experiment: he injected gas into a container with a plunger and verified the different pressures that manifested when the plunger was lowered, since by doing this, the pressure on the gas increased proportionally, to the decrease in its volume.
Regarding its field of application, its most frequent use is in the diving area, where through the application of the law, it is possible to specify the duration of a container filled with compressed air and its productivity at a certain depth..
It should be added that this law, together with Graham's law and Charles and Gay Lussac's law, make up the gas laws and which explain the behavior of an ideal gas. These three laws can be generalized into the general equation for gases.
It is important to remember that despite the fact that the study of the characteristics of gases may be of little value and interest to some, one must consider the fact that technological evolution has been possible, in large part, due to the wise ability of manipulate these elements, starting from the domain of the oceans to outer space.
