A scientific observation made by French scientist Jacques Charles (1746-1823) that for any gas, as long as the pressure is held constant, there is a direct correlation between temperature and volume. That is, if you take a gas,
A scientific observation made by French scientist Jacques Charles (1746-1823) that for any gas, as long as the pressure is held constant, there is a direct correlation between temperature and volume. That is, if you take a gas, put it in a container that holds it at constant pressure, and double its temperature (measuring from absolute zero), then its volume would also double.
Usually written mathematically as:
V1 / T1=V2 / T2
The lack of a pressure component in the equation shows that as long as the pressure is held constant, the absolute pressure of the gas doesn't matter.
Charles' Law was subsumed under the Ideal Gas Law after unification with Boyle's Law and 