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Charles' Law
French scientist Jacques Charles discovered the relationship between volume and temperature in 1787. Charles found that this relationship was a direct proportion to eachother. This meaning that the numbers would increase or decrease together. Charles's law states that the volume of a fixed mass of gas at constant pressure varies directly with the Kelvin temperature. (Note: K= 273+ C)

V=kT V/T=k (the value of T is the Kelvin temperature and k is a constant) V1/T1=V2/T2
 * The Math**


 * Example:** A sample of neon gas occupies a volume of 740 mL at 30 degrees C. What will the gas occupy at 60 degrees C if the pressure remains constant?


 * Solution:**
 * 1) Convert temperatures to Kelvin scale. 30+273= 303 60+273=333
 * 2) Rearrange the equation to get V2 by itself. V1T2/T1=V2
 * 3) Plug in numbers from equation. (740mL)(333 K)/303 K=813.3mL Ne

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