WAEC - Chemistry (2012 - No. 20)
A metal M forms two types of chlorine, MCl\(_2\) and MCl\(_3\) which of the following laws best explains the relationship between the chlorides? Law of
conservation of mass
definite proportion
multiple proportion
reciprocal proportion
Пояснення
Law of multiple proportions, statement that when two elements combine with each other to form more than one compound, the weights of one element that combine with a fixed weight of the other are in a ratio of small whole numbers.