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 What is Gay-Lussac's law?

Table of Who formulated Gay-Lussac's law?

Contents Formula and derivation

Sample Problems
WhatGay-Lussac’s
is Gay-Lussac’s
law is a gas law
Law?
which states that the pressure
exerted by a gas (of a given mass
and kept at a constant volume)
varies directly with the absolute
temperature of the gas. In other
words, the pressure exerted by a
gas is proportional to the
temperature of the gas when the
mass is fixed, and the volume is
ehaviors of gases in Gay Lussac’s Law
Relationship of Pressure & Temperature

Low Temperature High Temperature

ehaviors of gases in Gay Lussac’s Law

As the temperature increases the pressure also increases

As the temperature decreases the pressure also decreases

Gay Lussac’s Law in Graph
Who formulated Gay-Lussac’s Law?
Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac was a French
chemist who lived from 1778 to 1850. He
discovered and shared his famous Gay-
Lussac’s law in the early 1800s. Besides the
law described above, he also developed many
analytical chemistry techniques, discovered
boron, and much more. He had a rivalry with
Humphry Davy who discovered several other
elements including calcium and potassium.
 Formula and Derivation
Gay-Lussac’s law implies that the ratio of the initial
pressure and temperature is equal to the ratio of the
final pressure and temperature for a gas of a fixed
mass kept at a constant volume. This formula can be
expressed as follows:
(P1/T1) = (P2/T2)
Formula and Derivation
(P1/T1) = (P2/T2)
Wher
e: P  is the initial
1
pressure
T1 is the initial
temperature
P2 is the final
 temperature to kelvin:

This expression can be

derived from the pressure- P2/T2 = k (final
temperature proportionality pressure/ final
for gas. Since P ∝ T for temperature = constant)
gases of fixed mass kept at
constant volume: Therefore, P1/T1 =
P1/T1 = k (initial P2/T2 = k
pressure/ initial
temperature = constant) Or P1/T2 = P2/T1
Application
*For P1/T1=P2/T2 we can solve for:

• P1= P2(T1/T2)
• T1= T2(P1/P2)
• P2=P1(T2/T1)
• T2=T1(P2/P1)
Convert the Temperature to Kelvin
When applying the Gay-Lussac’s law, the
temperature must be first converted to kelvin.
Below shows the formula to convert the
temperature to kelvin:

K= °C +
273.15
 Real-life
Examples of Gay-
Lussac’s Law
Real-life Examples of Gay-
Lussac’s Law

Firing of a
Bullet
Sample Problems
1.) The gas in an aerosol can is under a pressure of 3.00
atm at temperature of 25 °C. It is dangerous to dispose an
aerosol can by incineration. What would the pressure in
the aerosol can be at a temperature of 845 °C?
2.) If a gas in a closed container is pressurize from 15.0
atm to 16.0 atm and its original temperature was 25.0 °C,
what would the final temperature of the gas be in degrees
Celcius?
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