Jacques Charles
Jacques Charles is a French physicist that is famous for giving the Charles’s Law of gases. He was born on 2nd November 1746 in Beaugency-sur-Loire. Charles along with Robert Brothers introduced hydrogen filled gas ballon. Using this balloon he ascended to a height of 1800 feet. This led to give him Charles’s Law in 1787 which was later formulated by Gay-Lussac in 1802.
Charles Law
Charles Law is one of the fundamental laws used for the study of gases. Charles Law states that the volume of an ideal gas is directly proportional to the temperature (at absolute scale) at constant pressure. Famous French physicist Jacques Charles formulated this law in the year 1780.
Let’s learn about Charles Law’s derivation and others in detail in this article.
Table of Content
- What is Charles Law?
- Jacques Charles
- Charles’s Law Formula
- Derivation of Charles Law Formula
- Experiment Verification of Charles law
- Limitations of Charles law