Chemistry
How did Charles' law lead to the concept of an absolute scale of temperature?
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According to Charles' law, when pressure (P) is constant,
∴ Volume at -273°C = = 0
Hence, the volume of a gas would be reduced to zero at -273°C. This temperature is called absolute zero.
This allowed the scientists to establish an absolute temperature scale (known as Kelvin scale) by defining absolute zero as the point where volume of a gas would theoretically be zero.
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