Gay-Lussac’s Gas Law

Discovered by Joseph
Louis Gay-Lussac in
the early 1800's.

This law relates to

how temperature
affects the pressure
of a gas when the
volume is constant.
 Temperature vs. Pressure
Lussac’s Gas Law states that if the
temperature of a gas is increased, and the
volume is held constant, the pressure of
the gas will also increase.
On the other hand if the temperature of a
gas is decreased, and the volume is held
constant, the pressure of the gas will also
decrease.
 Temperature vs. Pressure
When the temperature is increased the
gas molecules will move faster and they
will impact the container walls more often.
This increases the gas pressure inside the
rigid container (volume stays constant).
 Direct Relationship
Gay-Lussac's Law is
a direct mathematical
relationship. This
means that there are
two connected values
and when one goes
up, the other also
increases.
 P÷T=k

The mathematical form of Gay-Lussac's

Law is: P ÷ T = k
This means that the pressure-temperature
fraction will always be the same value if
the volume and amount of gas remain
constant.
As with the other laws, the exact value of k
is unimportant in our context.

It is important to know that the PT data

pairs obey a constant relationship, but it is
not important to know the exact value of
this constant.

Besides which, the value of k would shift

based on what pressure units (atm,
mmHg, or kPa) you were using.
We know this: P1 ÷ T1 = k

And we know this: P2 ÷ T2 = k

Since k = k, we can conclude that:

P1 ÷ T1 = P2 ÷ T2
 Problem # 1

10.0 L of a gas is found to exert 97.0 kPa

at 25.0°C. What would be the required
temperature (in Celsius) to change the
pressure to standard pressure?
 Solution
STEP 1: Change
25.0°C to 298.0 K and
remember that
standard pressure in
kPa is 101.325.

STEP 2: Insert values

into the equation.

STEP 3: Solve for x

 Final Answer
The answer is 311.3 K, but the question
asks for Celsius, so you subtract 273 to
get the final answer of 38.3°C.