Charles' law is a law that the volume decreases when the temperature decreases at a certain pressure.
Will the volume be zero when the temperature approaches to absolute temperature?
Charles' Law states that the volume of a gas is proportional to its temperature.
We can write this law in terms of a constant of proportionality
Looking at this law, we might be misled to think that at , .
However, Charles' Law is only applicable when the motion of the molecules of gas is sufficient to prevent electrostatic attraction and Van der Waal's Forces between them. In other words, Charles' Law is best suited for describing the behaviour of a hot, rarefied gas and not for gases at low temperatures.
Therefore, a gas' volume need to be zero at absolute zero.
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