Let’s learn more about Charles and his work. Charles studied the relationship of how the volume of a gas changed when the temperature changed.  Here are a couple of sites that give a good portrayal of his life and work and hobby that lead to his study.

Charles' Law

Jacques Alexandre Caesar Charles

Questions

1. What was the “hobby” that lead Charles to his study?

2. Who in general is given credit for defining teh relationship Charles studied?

3. What quantities must be held constant to perform the study?

4. Why must the temperature scale be in Kelvins and NOT Celsius?

5. State Charles law in words.

6. State Charles Law matematically.

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