joseph louis gay-lussac

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Noun joseph louis gay-lussac has 1 sense

Gay-Lussac, Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac - French chemist and physicist who first isolated boron and who formulated the law describing the behavior of gases under constant pressure (1778-1850)
--₁ is a kind of chemist; physicist

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Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac

Definition: Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac was a French chemist and physicist known for his discoveries in the field of gases and for his law, which describes the relationship between the pressure and temperature of a gas.

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Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac's law states that the pressure of a gas is directly proportional to its temperature, provided the volume and amount of gas remain constant.
Gay-Lussac's experiments with gases laid the foundation for the development of the kinetic theory of gases.
The Gay-Lussac tower, an essential component of many sulfuric acid manufacturing plants, is named after Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac.

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