Boyle-Mariotte Law

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Boyle-Mariotte Law

The empirical generalization that for many so-called perfect gases, the product of pressure p and volume V is constant in an isothermal process: pV = F(T) where the function F the temperature T cannot be specified without reference to other laws (e.g., Charles-Gay-Lussac law). Also called Boyle law, Mariotte law .

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