Helaian Makmal Gay-Lussac's
Helaian Makmal Gay-Lussac's
Helaian Makmal Gay-Lussac's
THERMODYNAMICS LABORATORY
Gay-Lussac's Law
When the temperature of a sample of gas in a rigid container is increased, the pressure of
the gas increases as well. The increase in kinetic energy results in the molecules of gas
striking the walls of the container with more force, resulting in a greater pressure. The
French chemist Joseph Gay-Lussac (1778-1850) discovered the relationship between the
pressure of a gas and its absolute temperature. Gay-Lussac’s law states that the pressure of
a given mass of gas varies directly with the absolute temperature of the gas, when the
volume is kept constant. Gay-Lussac’s law is very similar to Charles’s law, with the only
difference being the type of container. Whereas the container in a Charles’s law experiment
is flexible, it is rigid in a Gay-Lussac’s law experiment.
The mathematical expressions for Gay-Lussac’s law are likewise similar to those of Charles’s
law:
PT = k and P1 = P2
T1 T2
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT
A graph of pressure vs. temperature also illustrates a direct relationship. As a gas is cooled
at constant volume its pressure continually decreases until the gas condenses to a liquid
Take the example of gas in a sealed cylinder but with a constant volume. If heat is applied,
the rise in pressure in the cylinder is directly proportional to the rise in absolute
temperature (figure 2).
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT
1. Pressure gauge
2. Thermometer with probe
3. Water container
4. Air chamber (Thermal can)
5. Heather
6. PU hose Tube outside diameter 6 mm
7. Clamp
SAFETY
Wear proper clothing and personal protective equipment during laboratory session.
PROCEDURES:
1. Connect the plastic tube to the air chamber (thermal can) and pressure gauge
2. Place the thermal can in to the water container
3. Heat the water in the water container
4. Record the readings of pressure and temperature
CONCLUSION
Make conclusions based on objective tests and observations made and relate it to the real
situation
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