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The ideal gas law is the equation of state of a hypothetical ideal gas, combining the earlier laws of Boyle, Charles and Avogadro into a single relation among pressure, volume, temperature and amount of gas.

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1834 1
Proposed BySourced to the subject's own account
Emile Clapeyron 1
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Independently co-formulated with Dmitry Mendeleev in 1834 per the cited source.

Additional Source Ideal Gas Law (Wikipedia)Lead section (edge: proposed-by, Clapeyron)
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1. Ideal Gas Law (Wikipedia)
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The ideal gas law is the equation of state of a hypothetical ideal gas, relating the pressure, volume, temperature and amount of a gas.
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1. Ideal Gas Law (Wikipedia)
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The law was first stated by Emile Clapeyron in 1834, combining the empirical laws of Boyle, Charles and Avogadro.
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1. Ideal Gas Law (Wikipedia)
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The law was first stated by Emile Clapeyron in 1834, combining the empirical laws of Boyle, Charles and Avogadro.
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1. Ideal Gas Law (Wikipedia)
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It was first stated by Benoit Paul Emile Clapeyron and independently of him, Dmitry Mendeleev in 1834.
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