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AARON IS SO COOL!!!!! Charles' law (sometimes called the Law of Charles) is one of the gas laws. It states that at constant pressure, the volume of a given mass of a ideal gas increases or decreases by the same factor as its temperature (in kelvins) increases or decreases. Image File history File links Wikibooks-logo-en. ... The gas laws are a set of laws that describe the relationship between thermodynamic temperature (T), pressure (P) and volume (V) of gases. ...


The law was first published by Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac in 1802, but he referenced unpublished work by Jacques Charles from around 1787. This reference has led to the law being attributed to Charles. The relationship had been anticipated by the work of Guillaume Amontons in 1702. Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac. ... --69. ... Jacques Alexandre César Charles, 1820. ... 1787 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Guillaume Amontons (August 31, 1663 - October 11, 1705) was a French instrument inventor and physicist. ... Events March 8 - William III died; Princess Anne Stuart becomes Queen Anne of England, Scotland and Ireland. ...


The formula for the law is:

frac{V}{T} = k

-where:

To maintain the constant, k, during heating of a gas at fixed pressure, the volume must increase. Conversely, cooling the gas decreases the volume. The exact value of the constant need not be known to make use of the law in comparison between two volumes of gas at equal pressure: Volume is how much space a thing has. ... Fig. ... The Kelvin scale is a thermodynamic (absolute) temperature scale where absolute zero—the lowest possible temperature where nothing could be colder and no heat energy remains in a substance—is defined as zero kelvin (0 K). ...

frac{V_1}{T_1} = frac{V_2}{T_2} qquad mathrm{or} qquad frac {V_2}{V_1} = frac{T_2}{T_1} qquad mathrm{or} qquad V_1T_2 = V_2T_1.

Charles's Law, Gay-Lussac's Law, and Boyle's Law form the combined gas law. The three gas laws in combination with Avogadro's Law can be generalized by the ideal gas law. Gay-Lussacs law was named after the French chemist Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac. ... Boyles law (sometimes known as the Boyle Mariotte law) is one of the gas laws. ... The ideal gas law or equation is the equation of state of an ideal gas. ... In 1811 Amedeo Avogadro stated the hypothesis which we now call Avogadros law: (See: this site for an English translation of his 1811 paper). ... Isotherms of an ideal gas The ideal gas law is the equation of state of an ideal gas. ...


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Charles's law - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (199 words)
Charles's law (sometimes called the Law of Charles and Gay-Lussac) is one of the gas laws.
The law was first published by Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac in 1802, but he referenced unpublished work by Jacques Charles from around 1787.
Charles law states that, at constant pressure, the volume of a given mass of a gas increases or decreases by the same factor as its temperature (in Kelvin) increases or decreases.
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