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Charles's Law: Volume and Temperature

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At constant pressure, a fixed amount of gas has volume directly proportional to its kelvin temperature.

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A sealed balloon shrinks in a freezer and re-expands at room temperature, its volume tracking the kelvin temperature change.

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Cooled far enough, this proportionality would predict zero volume at absolute zero — real gases liquefy first.