Gay-Lussacs Law

WEDNESDAY
GROUP

Temperature
Pressure

temperature = P
T
PRESSURE
VOLUME AND AMOUNT OF GAS
Are constant

Joseph LouIS GAY-LUSSAC

Guillaume amontons

GAY-LUSSACs LAW

P=
PT
P/t=k
kP
T1/t1 P2/t2
P= pressure
T = temperature in
P
P
kelvin
=
k
=
k
k= proportionality

constant

t =T
2

Example:
A canister of nitrogen gas has a pressure of 2000
psi (pounds per square inch) at 20 C. What will the
pressure be if you increase the temperature at 25
p
C?
2000 psi x
2000

P P
t =T
1
2

1
Kelvin
=
C
2
T1 =
P1
+ 273.15

psi
293.
15k

=
T2 =
293.15
2000
k
298.15 P
psi
2 = ?
k

293.
=298.1 =298.15k
2
5k
15k
P 2034
=
2
psi
2

Example:
at 10 C, a gas exerts 0.95 atm of pressure. At what
temperature (in celcius) will it exert a pressure of
0.75 atm?

P P
t =T
1
2

1
Kelvin
=
C
2
P1
T1 =
+ 273.15

0.95
atm
283.
15k

=
P2 =
283.15 0.95at
T
k2 = ? m
0.75
atm

0.75
t
=atm

t
2

0.75 psi x
0.95
=283.15k
2
atm

223.
-49.6
=
or
54k
C

Application in life
1. Car tires in hot weather: Usually hot tires
tend to explode in hot weather because hot
weather means more temperature which will
let the pressure increase also because they
are directly proportional as Gay Lussac
imposed. By increasing temperature of the
system we increase the pressure of the gas.
So when the pressure of the gas exceeds the
elastic capability of the tire, the tire explodes.
This Phenomena expresses Gay LusSac's Law

Application in life

2. an aerosol can is another example

because if it is exposed into a flame , the
temperature will increase so the pressure
will too. b the time, the pressure would
build up causin the can to explode. it's a
real proof for Gay Lussac's law as it
describes
the
relation
between
temperature and pressure. Moreover,
there are warnings on these cans because

Application in life

3. Pressure cooker is an example

of Gay Lussac's law as the
temperature increases causing
the pressure to increase above
the food that's being cooked
which makes it faster to be
cooked.