LECTURE 5

CHARLES’ LAW
G R E S A
According to Jacques Charles, a French physicist, at constant
(given) (required) (equation) (solution) (answer)
pressure the volume of a given quantity of gas is directly proportional to
the absolute temperature. V1= 0.75 L K = °C + 273
This means that as the temperature of gas increases, the volume T1= 30°C V2 V2=
V1T2/T1
(0.75L)(263K)
also increases.
T2= -10°C
303 K 0.65 L
V∞ 𝑇 or V= kT
𝑽 𝑽 where:V1= initial volume

𝑻
= T1= initial temperature SOLVE THE FF. PROBLEM:
𝑻 1. Carbon dioxide is usually formed when gasoline is burned. If 30.0 L of
V2= final volume
CO2 is produced at a temperature of 1.00 x 103 °C and allowed to
T2= final temperature reach room temperature (25.0 °C) without any pressure changes, what
VARIABLES INCLUDED is the new volume of the carbon dioxide?
1.TEMPERATURE
K = °C + 273 0°C = 273.15 K 0°C = 32°F G R E S A
(given) (required) (equation) (solution) (answer)
2. VOLUME
1mL = 1cm3 1L= 1dm3 1m3= 1000L 1L=1000mL

The SKY LANTERNS we use in celebrating New Year, Christmas,

weddings, and other impoprtant occasions operate on the concewpt of 2. If we have a gas that at 10 degrees Celsius occupies 2.4 liters,
V-T relationship; as the temperature increases, the sky lantern obtains calculate the final temperature, if at the end it occupies 2.15liters.
its full volume and rises in the atmospehere. It
Rises and rises as the temperature increases because the density of gases G R E S A
decreases as gases expand due to the increase in temperature. (given) (required) (equation) (solution) (answer)

SAMPLE PROBLEM
An inflated balloon with a volume of 0.75 L at 30°C was placed
inside the freezer where the temperature is -10°C. find out what will
happen to the volume of the balloon if the pressure remains constant.