Charle's law states: Pressure remaining constant the volume of a given mass of gas increases or decreases by volume at for each one-degree rise or fall in temperature.
Mathematically,
If V0 is the volume at 0°C, then the volume at various other temperatures can be written as:
But if the gas is cooled to –273°C, then its volume becomes zero.
This implies that a gas at -273°C will have zero or no volume i.e. it will cease to exist. In actual practice, all gases liquefy before this temperature is reached. Also –273°C should be the lowest possible temperature because any further cooling would lead to a volume of less than zero or negative volume which is meaningless. Therefore, this temperature (–273° C) was termed as absolute zero of temperature.
Another statement of Charle’s law:
According to Charle’s law, volume of a given mass of a gas at different temperatures is related to its volume (V0) at 0°C as follows:
Volume at
Dividing (1) by (2), we get,
[Pressure and mass of the gas constant]
Hence Charle’s law may also be stated as Pressure remaining constant, the volume of a given mass of a gas is directly proportional to absolute temperature i.e.
Thus, if V1 is the initial volume of the gas at temperature T1 (in degree kelvin) and V2 is the final volume of the gas at temperature T2 (in degree kelvin), keeping pressure constant, then
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