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Q.Obtain an ideal gas law from Boyle's and Charles' law.

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Step 1. Boyle's law: at constant temperature, P∝1VP\propto\dfrac{1}{V}. Charles' law: at constant pressure, V∝TV\propto T.

Step 2. Combining the two proportionalities gives PV=CTPV=CT for some constant CC.

Step 3. Considering two identical gas containers (same P,V,T,NP,V,T,N) merged into one combined system (now P,TP,T unchanged but V→2VV\to2V and N→2NN\to2N) shows CC must scale with the particle number: C=NkC=Nk, where kk is the universal Boltzmann constant.

Step 4. Substituting gives the ideal gas law PV=NkTPV=NkT; writing N=μNAN=\mu N_A and R=NAkR=N_Ak turns this into the molar form PV=μRTPV=\mu RT.

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PV=NkTPV=NkT, equivalently PV=μRTPV=\mu RT.

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