There are two laws in which Gay Lussac had contributions:
Gay-Lussac's law was named after the French chemist Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac. There are two laws that are attributed to Gay-Lussac which relate to the properties of gases, and are known by the same name.
Gay-Lussac's law states that the ratio between the combining volumes of gases and the product, if gasous, can be expressed in small whole numbers, which Gay-Lussac discovered in 1809. In 1811, Avogadro used Gay-Lussac's data to form Avogadro's hypothesis which later gave way to modern gas stoichiometry.
The other law, discovered in 1802, states that the pressure of a fixed amount of gas at fixed volume is directly proportional to its temperature in kelvins. It is expressed mathematically as:
P/T=k
-Where:
* P is the pressure of the gas.
* T is the temperature of the gas (measured in kelvins).
* k is a constant.
This law holds true because temperature is a measure of the average kinetic energy of a substance; as the kinetic energy of a gas increases, its particles collide with the container walls more rapidly, thereby exerting increased pressure.
For comparing the same substance under two different sets of conditions, the law can be written as:
P1/T1=P2/T2
P1T2=P2T1
Charles's Law was also known as the Law of Charles and Gay-Lussac, because Charles used some of Gay-Lussac's data to formulate his law. However, in recent years the term has fallen out of favor since Gay-Lussac has the second but related law presented here attributed to him. This related form of Gay-Lussac's Law, Charles's Law, and Boyle's law form the combined gas law. The three gas laws in combination with Avogadro's Law can be generalized by the ideal gas law.
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2006-06-09 18:17:10
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answered by Starreply 6
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Gay Lussac Law
2016-10-07 02:55:33
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answered by ? 4
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Simply put, Gay-Lussac's Law indicates that for a fixed amount of gas (fixed number of moles) at a fixed volume, the pressure is proportional to the temperature.
The whole thing is here:
http://members.aol.com/profchm/gaylusac.html
and here:
http://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/K-12//airplane/aglussac.html
2006-06-09 17:12:19
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answered by blewz4u 5
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The laws you want are available on the following page :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gay-Lussac%27s_Law
2006-06-09 23:17:31
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answered by Anonymous
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hi
gay lussac's law states that 'when gases combine they do so in simple volume which bear simple ratio to one another and also to product formed,if gaseous,all temperature and pressure remaining constant'
2006-06-09 17:19:22
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answered by remo 2
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For a gas in a fixed volume, pressure is proportional to temperature. Or, stated a little easier: If a gas is unable to expand, heating it up will result in a higher pressure.
2006-06-09 17:13:45
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answered by n0v0kaine 2
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/gay-lussac%...
2006-06-09 17:49:24
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answered by Pearlsawme 7
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Pressure / Temperature is a constant.
P1/T1 = P2/T2
2006-06-09 17:13:37
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answered by Anonymous
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Starreply has a good anwer .
However its only true in a closed system.
2006-06-10 02:30:53
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answered by goring 6
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It states that
P/T=k
P is pressure
T is temperature
k is constant
2006-06-09 17:31:37
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answered by know it all 3
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