What is Law of multiple proportions?
The '''law of multiple proportions''' states that when two [[chemical element]]s combine with each other to form more than one [[Chemical compound|compound]], the [[weight]]s of one element that combine with a fixed weight of the other are in a [[ratio]] of small [[whole numbers]].<ref>{{cite book |last1 = Petrucci |first1 = Ralph H. |last2 = Harwood |first2 = William S. |last3 = Herring |first3 = F. Geoffrey |date=2002 |title = General chemistry: principles and modern applications |url = https://archive.org/details/generalchemistry00hill |url-access = registration |edition=8th |location=Upper Saddle River, N.J |publisher=Prentice Hall |isbn = 978-0-13-014329-7 |lccn=2001032331 |oclc=46872308 |page=[https://archive.org/details/generalchemistry00hill/page/37 37] }}</ref> It was first described by [[John Dalton]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://pubs.acs.org/isbn/9780841225572|title=Atoms in chemistry : from Dalton's predecessors to complex atoms and beyond|date=2010|publisher=American Chemical Society|isbn=0-8412-2558-3|editor-last=Giunta|editor-first=Carmen|location=Washington, DC|oclc=659536310|pp=1-5}}</ref> == References == {{reflist}} [[Category:Chemistry]]