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Robert Boyle

Robert Boyle. By: Ivneet Sohi & Sophia Bhatti Chemistry 11 Period 4. Born/Personal Story. January 25 th 1627- December 30 th 1961 Anglo-Irish physicist, chemist, natural philosopher 1635- Eton College, England European Tour 1647- Hartlib Circle 1654- Invisible College

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Robert Boyle

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  1. Robert Boyle By: Ivneet Sohi & Sophia Bhatti Chemistry 11Period 4

  2. Born/Personal Story • January 25th 1627- December 30th 1961 • Anglo-Irish physicist, chemist, natural philosopher • 1635- Eton College, England • European Tour • 1647- HartlibCircle • 1654- Invisible College • 1656-1668- Researched at Oxford

  3. Idea of the Atom • The ScepticalChymist • 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

  4. 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

  5. New Experiments Physico-Mechanical, Touching the Spring of the Air and its Effects Inverse Relationship between pressure and volume of a gas Boyle’s Law

  6. Major Scientific Contribution • pv=k • Sceptical Chymist • “Father of Modern Chemistry” • "a Mighty Chemist"

  7. Bibliography • http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/76496/Robert-Boyle • http://www.woodrow.org/teachers/ci/1992/boyle.html

  8. THEEND!!! Thank You! Any Questions?

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