Charles’s law

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Also Known As	second gas law • Gay-Lussac’s law

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gas laws ideal gas law Avogadro’s law Boyle’s law Dalton’s law

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Joseph-Louis Gay-Lussac, engraving by Ambroise Tardieu.

Joseph-Louis Gay-Lussac

French scientist

John Dalton

John Dalton

British scientist

Charles, Jacques-Alexandre-César

Jacques Charles

French physicist