Robert Boyle Robert Boyle Robert Boyle (; 25 January 1627 – 31 December 1691) was an Anglo-Irish natural philosopher, chemist, physicist, and inventor. Boyle is largely regarded today as the first modern chemist, and therefore one of the founders of modern chemistry, and one of the pioneers of modern experimental scientific method. He is best known for Boyle's law, which describes the inversely proportional relationship between the absolute pressure and volume of a gas, if the temperature is kept constant within a closed system. Among his works, "The Sceptical Chymist" is seen as a cornerstone book in the field of chemistry. He
Volume (thermodynamics) without reference to an exact operating volume, which may not be known (nor significant) at some stages of analysis. The specific volume of a substance is equal to the reciprocal of its mass density. Specific volume may be expressed in formula_14, formula_15, formula_16, or formula_17 . where, formula_3 is the volume, formula_20 is the mass and formula_21 is the density of the material. For an ideal gas, where, formula_23 is the specific gas constant, formula_24 is the temperature and formula_25 is the pressure of the gas. Specific volume may also refer to molar volume. The volume of gas increases proportionally