Relationship between pressure and volume

[Shanzey]

Are pressure and volume inversely related to each other? If the pressure of a system doubled, would the volume halve?

[205007651]

You can look at PV=NRT to know the answer to this. If you keep temperature and moles constant and double pressure, then the volume has to halve. It gets trickier if you change more than one variable.

[AniP_2D]

According to the ideal gas law, PV=nRT, pressure and volume are inversely proportional.

[Samuel Tzeng 1B]

Yes they're inversely proportional

[Jesse H 2L]

inversely proportional, and an increase in volume in a system is only recognized if it is the result of change in volume, which is usually assumed unless the problem involves pumping an inert gas into a system

[Noe BM 1J]

Yes, they are. When you decrease a volume molecules have less space to move around, so they collide more--increasing the pressure. When you increase the volume molecules have more space and therefore, collide less--decreasing the pressure.

[Anna Chen 1K]

I agree that PV=nRT proves that pressure and volume have an inverse relationship.

[205154661_Dis2J]

As formerly mentioned, pressure and volume are inversely proportional. When volume decreases, pressure increases. When volume increases, pressure decreases.

[Jainam Shah 4I]

They are inversely related. When volume decreases the number of moles remain the same, but the frequency of the collisions increase. The particles collide more often and this increases the pressure. When volume increases the particles have more space. They collide less and the pressure decreases.

[Ian Morris 3C]

They are inversely proportional.

[kristi le 2F]

Pressure and volume are inversely proportional because conceptually, the smaller the volume/space, the less room the gases have and therefore the higher the pressure.