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Gay-Lussac's law

–noun Thermodynamics.
the principle that, for relatively low pressures, the density of an ideal gas at constant pressure varies inversely with the absolute temperature of the gas.
Also called Charles' law.
Compare Boyle's law.


Origin:
named after J. L. Gay-Lussac
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