Gay-Lussac’s Law

Pressure and Temperature

A Direct Relationship
Section 12-3
 From Boyles and Charles Law

• This law naturally follows those

developed by Boyle and Charles
• It establishes the relationship between
pressure and temperature
 Gay-Lussac's Law:
• Gay-Lussac's Law:
• At a constant volume,
• The pressure of a fixed mass of
any gas is
• Directly proportional to its Kelvin
temperature.
 Solve for Different variables
• Gas Equation: P1/T1 = P2/T2
• Solve for:
• Initial Pressure(Pi) = P2T1 / T2

• Initial Temp. (T1) = P1T2 / P2

• Final Pressure(P2) = P1T2 / T1

 Example Problem #1

• Case 1: A cylinder contain a gas

which has a pressure of 125kPa
at a temperature of 200 K. Find
the temperature of the gas which
has a pressure of 100 kPa.

• P1 = 125 kPa, T1 = 200 K,

• P2 = 100 kPa, T2 = Looking for

 Example Problem #1
• Step 1: Substitute the values in
the below final temperature
equation:
• Final Temp. (T2) = P2T1 / P1
= (100x 200) / 125
= 20000 / 125
• Final Temp. (T2) = 160 K
• This example will guide you to
 Example Problem #2
•Case 2: Find the final
pressure of gas at 150 K, if
the pressure of gas is 210 kPa
at 120 K.
• P1 = 210 kPa, T1 = 120 K,

• P2 = Looking for, T2 = 150 K

 Example Problem #2
• Step 1: Substitute the values in
the below pressure equation:
• Final Pressure(P2) = P1T2 / T1
= (210 x 150) / 120
= 31500 / 120
• Final Pressure(P2) =
• 262.5 kPa
 Direct Proportion
• Between Pressure
• And
• Temperature
• Temperatures need
to be converted to
Kelvin