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Three Laws of Chemical Combination

The document discusses three laws of chemical combination: the law of conservation of mass which states that matter is neither created nor destroyed in chemical reactions, the law of definite proportions which states that the proportions of elements in a compound are always the same, and the law of multiple proportions which states that when two elements form multiple compounds the ratios of masses can be expressed as small whole numbers.

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Three Laws of Chemical Combination

The document discusses three laws of chemical combination: the law of conservation of mass which states that matter is neither created nor destroyed in chemical reactions, the law of definite proportions which states that the proportions of elements in a compound are always the same, and the law of multiple proportions which states that when two elements form multiple compounds the ratios of masses can be expressed as small whole numbers.

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Three laws of Chemical Combination

NAME : Candelaria, Bharon Christopher P. DATE : September 27, 2021

GRADE & SECTION : Grade 12 – St, John

Law of Conservation of Mass

In simple terms, this law states that matter can neither be created nor destroyed. In other words, the
total mass, that is, the sum of the mass of reacting mixture and the products formed remains constant.
Antoine Lavoisier gave this law in the year 1789 based on the data he obtained after carefully studying
numerous combustion reactions. The net change in mass of the reactants and products before and after
a chemical reaction is zero. This means mass can neither be created nor destroyed. In other words, the
total mass in a chemical reaction remains constant.
Law of Definite Proportions

Joseph Proust, a French chemist stated that the proportion of elements by weight in a given compound
will always remain exactly the same. In simple terms, we can say that irrespective of its source, origin or
its quantity, the per cent composition of elements by weight in a given compound will always remain the
same.
Law of Multiple Proportions

This law states that if two elements combine to form more than one compound, the masses of these
elements in the reaction are in the ratio of small whole numbers. This law was given by Dalton in the
year 1803. When two elements form two or more compounds between them, the ratio of the masses of
the second element in each compound can be expressed in the form of small whole numbers.

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