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'''Charles's law''' | '''Charles's law''' states that | ||
:<math> \left. \frac{V}{T}\right\vert_P=k</math> | :<math> \left. \frac{V}{T}\right\vert_P=k</math> | ||
where <math>V</math> is the volume, <math>T</math> is the temperature and <math>k</math> is a constant. | where <math>V</math> is the volume, <math>T</math> is the [[temperature]] and <math>k</math> is a constant. | ||
This holds true for an [[ideal gas]]. | This holds true for an [[ideal gas]]. | ||
==History== | |||
Charles's law was apparently discovered by [[Jacques Alexandre César Charles]] in 1787, as mentioned by [[Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac]] (Ref. 1): | |||
<blockquote>"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."</blockquote> | |||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
*[[Boyle's law]] | *[[Boyle's law]] | ||
*[[Gay-Lussac's law]] | *[[Gay-Lussac's law]] | ||
*[[Equation of State: Ideal Gas | Ideal gas law]] | *[[Equation of State: Ideal Gas | Ideal gas law]] | ||
==References== | |||
# Joseph-Louis Gay-Lussac "The Expansion of Gases by Heat", Annales de Chimie '''43''' pp. 137- (1802) | |||
[[category: classical thermodynamics]] | [[category: classical thermodynamics]] | ||
Latest revision as of 14:11, 25 March 2008
Charles's law states that
where is the volume, is the temperature and is a constant. This holds true for an ideal gas.
History[edit]
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."
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- Joseph-Louis Gay-Lussac "The Expansion of Gases by Heat", Annales de Chimie 43 pp. 137- (1802)