charles's law

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Noun charles's law has 1 sense

Gay-Lussac's law, Charles's law, law of volumes - (physics) the density of an ideal gas at constant pressure varies inversely with the temperature
--₁ is a kind of law, law of nature

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Charles's Law

Description: Charles's Law is a fundamental principle in physics and chemistry that describes how gases tend to expand when heated. It states that the volume of an ideal gas is directly proportional to its temperature, assuming that pressure remains constant.

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The application of Charles's Law helped scientists understand the behavior of gases at different temperatures.
According to Charles's Law, if the temperature of a gas is doubled while the pressure remains constant, its volume will also double.
Students in the chemistry lab conducted experiments to observe the effects of heat on gases, which confirmed Charles's Law once again.

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