Name: __________________________________ Date: _____________

Grade & Section: ______________________ Rating: ___________

Activity No. ____
Boyle’s Law
Objective: Investigate the relationship between volume and pressure of gases at constant temperature.
Procedure:
1. Fill the syringe with air by pulling the plunger. See to it that the volume reading is approximately
25.0 mL.
2. Seal the opening of the syringe with the melted glue stick.
3. Bore a hole that is very close to the size of the opening of the syringe in a 6” by 4” flat wood. Screw
the wood on a stable object. Insert in an upright position the sealed part of the syringe in the hole
of the wood, be sure it is sturdy.
4. Paste a 5” by 3” illustration board at the end of the plunger. This will serve as the holder of the
weights. You have just prepared a Boyle’s Law Apparatus!
5. Carefully place a 200-gram weight on the holder and get the volume reading.
6. Place one at a time different weights to the plunger. If you do not have set of weights, you may use
books of the same kind. Be sure to get the mass of each book.
7. Record the mass and volume reading using Table 5.
Table 4. Observation on Volume Changes
Trial Volume (cm3) Mass (g) Pressure (N/m2)
Initial Reading
1
2
3
4
5
Note: P = Force/Area
Force = mass (kg) x acceleration due to gravity (9.8 m/s2)
πr2 = Surface Area of the syringe
Q1. What happens to the volume of the syringe as the set of weights is added on top of it?

Q2. What happens to the pressure on the syringe when the set of weights is added?

8. Plot a graph with the pressure at the y axis and volume at the x axis.

Q3. Describe the graph.

Q4. What is the relationship between volume and pressure of gases at constant temperature?