Law Of Reciprocal Proportions (Noun)
Meaning
(chemistry) law stating that the proportions in which two elements separately combine with a third element are also the proportions in which they combine together.
Classification
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents.
Examples
- Dalton used the law of reciprocal proportions to establish the relative atomic mass of elements involved in a compound.
- He used the law of reciprocal proportions in his work on the composition of compounds, which laid the foundation of modern chemistry.
- According to the law of reciprocal proportions, the proportions in which two elements separately combine with a third element are also the proportions in which they combine together.
- The law of reciprocal proportions played a key role in determining the composition of chemical compounds.
- By recognizing the law of reciprocal proportions, scientists were able to find a consistent system for measuring atomic weights.