The information that can be used to determine which mixture has the higher proportion of KCl IS INFORMATION ABOUT THE MASS OF CHLORINE IN EACH MIXTURE, THIS INFORMATION CAN BE OBTAINED BY USING THE LAW OF DEFINITE PROPORTION.
Explanation:
The law of definite proportion states that the chemical composition by mass of a chemical compound is always constant. For instance, a chemical compound that is made up of two elements will always contain the same proportions of the constituent elements regardless of the quantity of chemical that was used.
Using the law of definite proportion, we can determine the proportion of sodium and chlorine in NaCl and the proportion of potassium and chlorine in KCl if the mass of chlorine that was used is known. Based on the results obtained, one can easily determine the mixtures that has higher proportion of KCl.
When wood burns, some of the mass is released as a gas. So if you were to combine the small fraction of ash with the gases released, you would get the mass of the original wood.
