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Kepler's second law

Physics; General physics

Relationship in planetary motion that an imaginary line between the sun and a planet moves over equal areas of the ellipse during equal time intervals.

Kepler's third law

Physics; General physics

Relationship in planetary motion that the square of the period of an orbit is directly proportional to the cube of the radius of the major axis of the orbit.

Avogadro number

Physics; General physics

The number of molecules in a gram molecular weight of a substance, it is equal to 6.02 x 1023.

Avogadro's law

Physics; General physics

Under the same conditions of temperature and pressure, equal volumes of all gases contain equal number of molecules.

Boyle's law

Physics; General physics

For a given mass of a gas at constant temperature, the volume of the gas is inversely proportional to the pressure.

Brewster's law

Physics; General physics

States that the refractive index of a material is equal to the tangent of the polarizing angle for the material.

Graham's law of diffusion

Physics; General physics

The rate of diffusion of a gas is inversely proportional to the square root of its density.

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