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Charles's law

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

Summary

Charles's law is a universal law[1]. It draws 954 Wikipedia views per month (universal_law category, ranking #2 of 9).[2]

Key Facts

  • Charles's law authored Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac[3].
  • Charles's law's instance of is recorded as universal law[4].
  • Jacques Charles is named after Charles's law[5].
  • Charles's law is part of thermodynamics[6].
  • Charles's law's described by source is recorded as The New Student's Reference Work[7].
  • Charles's law's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Mathematics[8].

Body

Definition and Type

Charles's law's instance of is recorded as universal law[4].

Origins

Jacques Charles is named after Charles's law[5].

Use and Application

Charles's law is part of thermodynamics[6].

Why It Matters

Charles's law draws 954 Wikipedia views per month (universal_law category, ranking #2 of 9).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[9] It is known by 22 alternative names across languages and contexts.[10]

Related Entities

Jacques Charles Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac thermodynamics

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [9] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [10] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 9d 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
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|1 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007284930705171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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