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Jaques Charles was a french inventor who lived from 1746-1823. His law (charles law) was actually published by gaylussac however was later credited to Jaques Charles. He is credited to riding in the very first hot air balloon (which was destroyed when frightened citizens of Paris saw it land) along with his notable gas law.

His law was V1/T1=V2/T2

Where V= Volume and T= Temperature.

This law is very complicated so before i explain it lets do a practice.


 * example*

i have a balloon, it has a volume of 100 on a day thats 100 kelvin. How large will it be on a day thats 150 Kelvin?

100/100=V2/150 1=V2/150 1*150=V2 150=V2 V2=150

As temperature increases, volume increases! as volume decreases, temperature decreases. They will both increase and decrease based on what each other is doing. Back