Law of multiple proportions
chemical law that, if two elements form more than one compound, then the ratios of the masses of the second element which combine with a fixed mass of the first element will always be ratios of small whole numbers
The law of multiple proportions states that when two chemical elements combine with each other to form more than one compound, the weights of one element that combine with a fixed weight of the other are in a ratio of small whole numbers.[1] It was first described by John Dalton.[2]
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- ↑ Petrucci, Ralph H.; Harwood, William S.; Herring, F. Geoffrey (2002). General chemistry: principles and modern applications (8th ed.). Upper Saddle River, N.J: Prentice Hall. p. 37. ISBN 978-0-13-014329-7. LCCN 2001032331. OCLC 46872308.
- ↑ Giunta, Carmen, ed. (2010). Atoms in chemistry : from Dalton's predecessors to complex atoms and beyond. Washington, DC: American Chemical Society. pp. 1–5. ISBN 0-8412-2558-3. OCLC 659536310.