Charles.Lyon

Charles' Law has to do with volume and temperature, it states that when temperature increases, volume also increases.

As an example, assuming the pressure doesn't change, when the volume doubles, the temperature will double.

As an equation, it would be written as:



If you have a 100 mL container, at 50° Celsius, and you raise the temperature to 100 °, and still want to have the same pressure, how large should the container be?

First, substitute the given values in the equation:

__100 mL__ =  __x mL__ 50 °                       100 °

Then you need to isolate the unknown amount of mL to solve for it. In order to do this, you must multiply each side by 100 °. Now your equation should look like this:

__100 ° • 100 °__  = x mL 50 °

Then, you simplify to get 10,000 divided by 50, giving you 200 mL.



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