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GK QUESTION#3342

Who reported in 1662 that, for a fixed amount of gas at constant temperature, decreasing its volume increases its pressure?

  1. AJacques Charles
  2. BJoseph Gay Lussac
  3. CAmedeo Avogadro
  4. DRobert BoyleCorrect answer
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D. Robert Boyle

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Robert Boyle reported the inverse pressure–volume relation in 1662. For a fixed amount of gas at constant temperature, PV is constant, so compression reduces volume while increasing pressure. Charles’s law concerns volume and absolute temperature at constant pressure; Avogadro’s law relates volume to amount.

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