This law, which is not credited to anyone in particular, says that as the amount of gas in a fixed container increases the pressure increases proportionally.
In English, it says that more gas in a container makes more pressure.
This can be stated mathematically:
or graphically:
So, why are the amount and pressure of a gas directly related?
The answer is very straight forward. As the number of particles present increases they will bump into the walls more often, applying a greater force on the walls, resulting in a higher pressure.
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