Explore the relationship between the pressure and temperature of mercury vapor by adjusting the scales of the axes of a plot.

Import the data

Retrieve sample data from the Wolfram Data Repository:

Visualize the data

Plot the data to visualize the relationship using linear scales on both axes:

The relationship between temperature and pressure appears to be nonlinear, so a different scale can be used to get a better visualization.

Change the plot to log scale

Add the ScalingFunctions option as an argument of ListPlot to switch the axis to a log scale:

This visualization more clearly shows the relationship between pressure and temperature, but it does not show the whole picture.

Change the plot to log-log scale

Use scaling functions for both axes:

This visualization more clearly shows the general relationship between temperature and pressure.