LAW OF MULTIPLE PROPORTIONS
What's
it mean?
Compounds , the MASSES
FIXED
a
.
.
of
numbers
whole
Umm
MASS
wtf
.
ym
?
Hz O
W
l
x
In
H2O ,
This
2
In H 202
ratio ,
or
,
a
a
¥5.999
w
u
x2
grams
creates
the atomic
elements in these compounds
N
Xl
pm
Hydrogen
of
2:16
2g
of
look at
.
Hz 02
.
2
.
of
Let's
Am
&
15.999
diff
.
amtoasnsi Ev
U
& B form two
element B that combine with
element A can be expressed w/ a ratio of small
of the
masses
A
Fm when two elements
u
X 2
reacts
w/ 16 grams
ratio which can be
,
H
reacts
1:16 ratio
(
w/ 32
simplified)
go
simplified
.
This
is
Oxygen
.
t
l:8
a
2:32
.
.
OKAY , COOL How does that relate?
.
Well the ratio of H in H2O is 16 and Hz Oz is
,
32 , so the ratio between BOTH is 16:32
.
16:32-•l:2.2isamultipleor
What if I have an element whose atomic mass
isn't 1? Is we can still simplify this down
Let's look at a different
example on the
.
next
page
.