Henry's law
Ley de Henry
- Date
- 1803 · confidence high
- Place
- Manchester, England, United Kingdom
- Credited to
- William Henry
- Field
- Matter & energy
What was discovered
Henry published that the amount of gas dissolved in a liquid is directly proportional to the partial pressure of that gas above the liquid, drawing on John Dalton's ideas about the separation of gas particles. The law became a key tool for industrial carbonation, diving physics and atmospheric chemistry.
What it led to
- Industrial carbonation of beverages
- Decompression calculations in diving
- Sechenov equation for ionic solutions
Built on
- John Dalton's gas theory