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Gas laws and absolute zero

Three graphs showing Boyle's law as a pressure-volume hyperbola, Charles's law as volume proportional to kelvin temperature, and the pressure law extrapolated to absolute zero at -273 °C Ideal gases connect the macroscopic variables pressure ppp, volume VVV, and temperature TTT. For a fixed mass of gas, each gas law keeps one variable constant and tells you how the other two change.

Ideal gases (A-level only) Lesson