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Record 1 1986-04-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aerodynamics and Theory of Gases
DEF

A statement that the volume occupied by a fixed amount of gas is directly proportional to its absolute temperature, if the pressure remains constant.

OBS

This empirical relation was formulated by the French physicist J.-A.-C. Charles about 1787 and later by Joseph Gay-Lussac.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Théorie des gaz et aérodynamique
CONT

Charles (Jacques Alexandre César) ... Il étudie en 1798 la variation de la pression des gaz à volume constant, et trouve que le coefficient en est indépendant de la pression initiale, de la température et de la nature du gaz (loi de Charles).

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