Pierre Louis Dulong | |
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| Born | 12 February 1785 Rouen, France |
| Died | 19 July 1838 (aged 53) Paris, France |
| Alma mater | École polytechnique |
| Known for | Dulong–Petit law |
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| Fields | Chemistry Physics |
| Institutions | École polytechnique |
Pierre Louis Dulong FRS FRSE (/duːˈlɒŋ, -ˈloʊŋ/; French: [dylɔ̃]; 12 February 1785 – 19 July 1838) was a French physicist and chemist. He is remembered today largely for the law of Dulong and Petit, although he was much-lauded by his contemporaries for his studies into the elasticity of steam, conduction of heat, and specific heats of gases. He worked most extensively on the specific heat capacity and the expansion and refractive indices of gases. He collaborated the co-discoverer of the Dulong–Petit law.