At low pressures, gases appeared to contract indefinitely as their temperature decreased. This suggested that an ideal gas kept at constant pressure would eventually reach zero volume at the temperature now called absolute zero. Real gases do not actually reach that point in this way, because they condense into liquids or solids at temperatures above absolute zero. Even so, the ideal gas law remains a very useful approximation.
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