What is the intuition behind Gay-Lussac's law?

Take an ideal gas. We can imagine pressure as force per unit area -- if you pick a unit area, how much force do your gas molecules exert on it? We can imagine temperature as a measure of the average kinetic energy of the molecules. read more

Gay-Lusac’s law shows the relationship between the temperature and pressure of gasses held in a constant volume. If you think about how a sealed container can explode if the contents’ are heated, what you are seeing is a manifestation of the Gay-Lussac’s Law. read more

This is the definition of Gay-Lussac's law in chemistry, along with a look at other gas laws credited to Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac. This is the definition of Gay-Lussac's law in chemistry, along with a look at other gas laws credited to Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac. read more