law of multiple proportion

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noun

Chemistry.

1. the statement that where two elements can combine to form more than one compound, the ratio by weight of one element to a given weight of the second is usually a small whole number.

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Example Sentences

Show that the Law of Multiple proportion holds in this case.

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But the law of multiple proportion at once reminds us that two elements may unite in several proportions; and there is no simple way to determine the number of atoms present in the molecule of any compound.

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The atomic hypothesis and the law of multiple proportion.

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In all such cases it is clear that the law of multiple proportion must hold true.

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Dalton's law of multiple proportion states these facts as follows: When any two elements, A and B, combine to form more than one compound, the amounts of B which unite with any fixed amount of A bear the ratio of small whole numbers to each other.

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