In 1808, the French chemist Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac reported the results of new experiments together with a generalisation known today as Gay-Lussac’s law of combining gases.
The volume of gas is directly proportional to the Kelvin temperature if the volume is kept constant.
Where, V1 = original volume V2 = final volume T1 = original temperature (K) T2 = final temperature (K)
Gay-Lussac’s Law is applicable only to gases. The volumes of liquids or solids involved in the reactants or products are not governed by Gay Lussac’s law.
Solved Examples
Some of the solved problems based on Gay Lussac Law Formula are given below.
Example 1: What is the volume of a quantity of gas at 27oC if its volume was 400mL at 0oC? The pressure remains constant.
Solution:
Since the temperature increased, the volume increased. Here we must use a temperature factor greater than 1, that is 300/273
The temperature must be in degrees kelvin.
20oC + 273 = 300 K
0oC + 273 = 273 K
400mL
Example 2: Solve Gay-Lussac’s Law to get an expression for the unknown volume. Substitute the appropriate data into the formula.
V1 = 400mL V2 = ? mL T1 = 0oC T2 = 27oC
Solution: V1 = 400mL V2 = ? mL
T1 = 0oC + 273 = 273K
T2 = 27oC + 273 = 300K
Substitute all the values in the corresponding formula
V2 = (400 mL ×300 )/273
V2 = 439.56 mL
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