Charles's law
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Charles's law states that \[ \left. \frac{V}{T}\right\vert_P=k\] where \(V\) is the volume, \(T\) is the temperature and \(k\) is a constant. This holds true for an ideal gas.
[edit] History
Charles's law was apparently discovered by Jacques Alexandre César Charles in 1787, as mentioned by Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac (Ref. 1):
"Although I had recognized on many occasions that the gases oxygen, nitrogen, hydrogen, carbonic acid, and atmospheric air all expand identically from 0° to 80°, citizen Charles had noticed the same property in these gases 15 years ago; however, since he never published his results, it is only by great luck that I knew it."
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- Joseph-Louis Gay-Lussac "The Expansion of Gases by Heat", Annales de Chimie 43 pp. 137- (1802)
