JAMB - Chemistry (2018 - No. 57)
An element X forms the following compounds with chlorine; XCl\(_4\), XCl\(_3\), XCl\(_2\). This illustrates the
law of multiple proportions
law of chemical proportions
law of simple proportions
law of conservation of mass
Forklaring
The law of multiple proportion states that when element A and B combine to form more than one chemical compound then the various masses of sample A react with a fixed mass of sample B are in a simple multiple ratio.