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How did Charles' law state the concept of absolute scale of temperature?


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  • Volume is directly proportional to the absolute temperature at constant pressure. This is Charle's Law.
    V subscript 1 over T subscript 1 equals V subscript 2 over T subscript 2
  • There was a very good reason that temperature must be absolute or Kelvin scale.
  • This is because the temperature in Celcius scale can be negative due to which when we put the negative value of temperature, the volume also becomes
    negative, which is impossible.
  • So, only Kelvin scale or absolute temperature is used so that at T=0, V=0

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