Charles's law

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Charles's law is a fundamental gas law stating that, at constant pressure, the volume of a fixed amount of gas is directly proportional to its absolute temperature.

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Charles's law canonical 4
Gay-Lussac's law 2
Charles–Gay-Lussac law 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf empirical law
gas law
physical law
alsoKnownAs Charles's law
surface form: Charles–Gay-Lussac law

Charles's law
surface form: law of volumes
appliesTo ideal gas
assumes ideal gas behavior
low to moderate pressure
no phase change
sufficiently high temperature
combinedIn combined gas law
componentOf ideal gas law
condition constant pressure
fixed amount of gas
dimension macroscopic thermodynamic relation
example A balloon expands when heated at constant external pressure.
A gas-filled syringe plunger moves outward when the gas is warmed at constant pressure.
expressedAs V2 = V1 × (T2/T1) at constant pressure
field kinetic theory of gases
physical chemistry
thermodynamics
historicalDevelopment based on experiments by Jacques Charles around 1787
quantitatively published by Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac in 1802
limitation deviations occur for real gases at high pressure
deviations occur for real gases near condensation
mathematicalForm V ∝ T
V/T = constant
V1/T1 = V2/T2
namedAfter Jacques Charles
predicts gas volume approaches zero at a finite negative Celsius temperature when extrapolated
gas volume increases linearly with increasing absolute temperature at constant pressure
relatedTo Avogadro's law
Boyle's law
Gay-Lussac's law
requires temperature measured on an absolute scale
statement At constant pressure, the volume of a fixed amount of gas is directly proportional to its absolute temperature.
teaches volume and absolute temperature of a gas are directly proportional at constant pressure
temperatureScale kelvin
surface form: Kelvin
usedIn aerostatics
engineering thermodynamics
gas volume correction calculations
meteorology
temperature calibration
variable T (absolute temperature)
V (volume)

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ideal gas law derivedFrom Charles's law
ideal gas law derivedFrom Charles's law
this entity surface form: Gay-Lussac's law
ideal gas law generalizes Charles's law
ideal gas law generalizes Charles's law
this entity surface form: Gay-Lussac's law
Boyle's law relatedLaw Charles's law
Avogadro's law relatedConcept Charles's law
Charles's law alsoKnownAs Charles's law
this entity surface form: law of volumes
Charles's law alsoKnownAs Charles's law
this entity surface form: Charles–Gay-Lussac law