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GK QUESTION#3347

Who, in the 1860s, undertook a thorough investigation of the gas laws expressing the relationships of pressure, temperature and volume in carbon dioxide?

  1. AThomas AndrewsCorrect answer
  2. BGiulio Natta
  3. CJohn Dalton
  4. DMarguerite Perey
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A. Thomas Andrews

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Thomas Andrews studied the pressure–volume behaviour of carbon dioxide at different temperatures in the 1860s. His work demonstrated the continuity of gaseous and liquid states and the importance of the critical temperature. The other named scientists are associated with different discoveries.

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