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Gay-Lussac’s law

Gay-Lus·sac's law [ gày lə sáks làw ]


noun 
Definition:
 
principle of gas combination ratios: the principle that when gases combine in a chemical reaction they do so in simple ratios of their volumes, and that any gaseous product is also produced in a simple ratio

[Early 19th century. After Joseph-Louis Gay-Lussac (1778-1850), French physicist]
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