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raketka [301]
3 years ago
14

Using two chemical compounds as an example, describe the difference between law of definite proportions and the law of multiple

proportions.
Chemistry
1 answer:
elena-14-01-66 [18.8K]3 years ago
5 0

The Law of Definite Proportions (or Proust's Law) states that in a single chemical compound (such as H2O or CO) the ratio of it's component elements is a fixed whole number ratio.


The Law of multiple proportions applies when two or more elements/compounds have multiple ways of combining into different compounds.

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