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Charles's law

Charles's law is an experimental gas law which describes how gases tend to expand when heated.
Thing Universal Law Q193523

Facts

8 properties
Instance of
universal law
Author
Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac[1]
Part of
thermodynamics[3]
Defining formula
V \propto T
Described by source
The New Student's Reference Work[4]
In defining formula
V, T
Maintained by WikiProject
WikiProject Mathematics[5]
Named after
Jacques Charles[2]
🏷️ Also known as
en Charles's law en law of volumes ar قانون شارل cs Charlesův zákon da Charles' lov de Gesetz von Gay-Lussac de Gay-Lussacsches Gesetz, Gesetz von Charles, Charlessches Gesetz el Νόμος του Σαρλ es Ley de Charles y Gay-Lussac es Ley De Charles es Ley de Charles y Gay Lussac es Ley de los volúmenes es Primera ley de Gay Lussac es Primera ley de Gay-Lussac fi Charlesin laki fr Loi de Charles he חוק שארל hi चार्ल का नियम hu Charles-törvény id Hukum Charles
🔖 Identifiers · 15
Library of Congress Authorities ID
sh85022681
Elhuyar ZTH ID
021995
Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID (2026)
1D2GWY
Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) old ID (2021)
416930
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
science/Charless-law
Freebase ID
/m/014cqf
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID
llei-de-gay-lussac
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)
0029512
Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017)
4690754
J9U entity ID
987007284930705171
Lex ID
Charles'_lov
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
70588173
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NE.se ID
charles-lag
Quora topic ID
Charless-Law
Wolfram Language entity code
Entity["PhysicalEffect", "CharlessLaw"]

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Author 1
Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac
Created notable works 1
Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac
Instance of 1
universal law
Maintained by WikiProject 1
WikiProject Mathematics
Named after 1
Jacques Charles
Part of 1
thermodynamics
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Jacques Charles Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac thermodynamics

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  1. 17w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID (2026) → 1D2GWY
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #40849: ZGBK ID"
  2. 22w ago · C960657 · 2026-06-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Lex ID → Charles'_lov
    "Created claim: Lex ID: Charles'_lov"
  3. 24w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → universal law
    Maintained by WikiProject → WikiProject Mathematics
    Part of → thermodynamics
    Named after → Jacques Charles
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed claim qualifiers: J9U entity ID: 987007284930705171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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