<Li> Gay - Lussac </Li> <Tr> <Td> <Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> <P> Boyle's law (sometimes referred to as the Boyle--Mariotte law, or Mariotte's law) is an experimental gas law that describes how the pressure of a gas tends to increase as the volume of the container decreases . A modern statement of Boyle's law is </P>

The pressure of a gas is inversely proportional to its volume