Robert BoyleBy: Ivneet Sohi & Sophia Bhatti

Chemistry 11Period 4

January 25th 1627- December 30th 1961 Anglo-Irish physicist, chemist, natural

philosopher 1635- Eton College, England European Tour 1647- Hartlib Circle 1654- Invisible College 1656-1668- Researched at Oxford

Born/Personal Story

The Sceptical Chymist ◦ Aristotle’s view of 4 elements (earth, air, fire and

water) “Corpuscular hypothesis”

◦ Leucippos and Democritus theory distinguished between mixtures and

compounds Scientific Method definition for an element

Idea of the Atom

Experiments 1659- Air pump 1660- New Experiments Physico-

Mechanical, Touching the Spring of the Air and its Effects (1660)

1662- Boyle's law: STP

Air Pump

Boyle’s Law Inverse Relationship

between pressure and volume of a gas

New Experiments Physico-Mechanical, Touching the Spring

of the Air and its Effects

pv=k Sceptical Chymist “Father of Modern Chemistry” "a Mighty Chemist"

Major Scientific Contribution

http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/76496/Robert-Boyle

http://www.woodrow.org/teachers/ci/1992/boyle.html

Bibliography

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