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Boyle's Law
( for "perfect gases" )
"The volume of a gas varies inversely as the pressure, provided the temperature remains constant."
This means that, if a certain quantity of gas has its pressure doubled, the volume becomes one half of the original. Conversely, if the volume becomes doubled, the gas has its pressure reduced by one half.
This law is based on absolute temperature and absolute pressure.
Absolute Zero = – 460 degrees Fahrenheit or – 273 degrees Centigrade.
Absolute Pressure is based on the pressure of outer–space being equal to 0. The average "absolute pressure" at sea level is equal to 14.7 pounds per square inch.