Amagat's law

English

Etymology

Proposed by French physicist Émile Amagat.

Proper noun

Amagat's law

  1. (physical chemistry) A gas law stating that the volume of a gas equals the sum of the volumes of all of the component gases, if they were separated but kept at the same temperature and pressure.
Examples
  • If 1L of water vapour and 1L of CO2 are combined, keeping temperature and pressure constant, then the volume of the mixture will be 2L.

 




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