CHARLES' LAW

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Charles's law
In thermodynamics and physical chemistry, Charles' law is a gas law and specific instance of the ideal gas law, which states that:At constant pressure, the volume of a given mass of an ideal gas increases or decreases by the same factor as its temperature (in kelvin) increases or decreases. The law was first published by Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac in 1802, but he referenced unpublished work by Jacques Charles from around 1787.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. The formula for the law is:
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Charles' law
The volume of a gas is directly proportional to its temperature in kelvins, if pressure and amount of gas remain constant. Doubling the kelvin temperature of a gas at constant pressure will double its volume. If V1 and T1 are the initial volume and temperature, the final volume and temperature ratio V2/T2 = V1/T1 if pressure and moles of gas are unchanged.


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