Law of multiple proportions
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Law of multiple proportions
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In chemistry, the law of multiple proportions states that in compounds which contain two particular chemical elements, the amount of Element A per measure of Element B will differ across these compounds by ratios of small whole numbers. For instance, the ratio of the hydrogen content in methane (CH4) and ethane (C2H6) per measure of carbon is 4:3. This law is also known as Dalton's Law, named after John Dalton, the chemist who first expressed it. The discovery of this pattern led Dalton to devel
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1804 observation in physical chemistry
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_of_multiple_proportions
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2001-10-26T01:19:09Z
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2024-09-11T16:13:43Z
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