Why does temperature increases proportionaly to pressure?

Question

I know PV = nRT, but what exactly is happening that explains this relation?

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Answer 1

When you increase the temperature, you’re giving particles more kinetic energy – they go faster. That means they hit the walls of the container more often and harder, resulting in an increase in pressure.

In fact you can think of pressure and temperature as measuring the same thing but in different units. Pressure measures the energy per unit volume, while temperature measures the energy per particle. They increase at the same time because when you increase energy, you increase energy.