Talk:Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac

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No...

In 1802, Gay-Lussac first formulated the law that a gas expands linearly with a fixed pressure and rising temperature (usually better known as Charles's Law). Maybe "should be better known as Charles's Law" or "In Britain better known as yotta yotta", but I've always heard it called Gay-Lussac's Law. This site is the first time I've heard about it being Charles's law instead. So in that sense I agree with "No."--T. Anthony 04:37, 22 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Answer by Carboxen: Charles's Law

See also http://www.chemheritage.org/classroom/chemach/gases/gay-lussac.html for comparison, a trustworthy source explaining why both names are correct. (I didn't post the wiki article part in question). Interesting point though! I beleive this as a matter of national pride in the 1800's - a British name vs a French name... --Carboxen 06:52, 31 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I might've actually been confusing it with Gay-Lussac's law--T. Anthony 07:05, 1 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I thought he formulated Charles' Law in 1802 (Jacques Charles just described, but Gay-Lussac derived the formula P/V=k). This law in 1802 is sometimes called Gay-Lussac's law, or the Law of Charles and Gay-Lussac. This law relates pressure and volume.

In 1808 he made a formula relating pressure and temperature (P/T=k), this is Gay-Lussac's law. He did not discover a formula relating pressure and temperature in 1802, to the best of my knowledge. Please correct me if i'm wrong. --Nandvijay 07:53, 25 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Illegal Drugs?

Is the part about illegal drugs vandalism?

That's what I was wondering. While it's the sort of thing a chemist would do, he wasn't a biochemist and it isn't mentioned anywhere in the article. Ace of Sevens 05:07, 4 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I traced thsi back and it was introduced December 4th by an anymous user who had made no other edits under that IP. I changed it back to the previous version. Ace of Sevens 03:49, 10 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]