The Historical Gas Laws Boyle’s Law Otto von Guericke (1602 – 1686) (Vacuum Pump – 1654)
Robert Boyle (1627 – 1691)
Charles’ or Gay-Lusacc’sLaw Jacques Charles (1746 – 1823) Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac (1778 – 1850)
Temp [oC] Volume [cm3] (P=1 atm) Volume [cm3] (P = 2 atm) 26.85 24430 12120 36.85 25264 12544 46.85 26094 12967 56.85 26929 13389 66.85 27759 13810 76.85 28588 14229
Ideal Gas Temperature Scale Single Fixed Point Triple Point of Water 273.16 K William Thomson, Lord Kelvin (1824 – 1907)
Number of Moles Amedeo Avogadro (1776 - 1856) Equal Volumes of Gas Contain Equal Numbers of “Particles”