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Charles's Law
Chemistry · 1787
- Equation
- V₁/T₁ = V₂/T₂
- Field
- Chemistry
- Named After
- Jacques Charles
- Symbols
- V volume · T absolute temperature · subscripts: two states · holds at constant pressure and amount
- Year
- 1787
Significance
Warm a gas and it swells in proportion to absolute temperature — hot-air balloons in one line, and an early signpost pointing at absolute zero.
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