CHEM1006 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Antoine Lavoisier, Joseph Proust, Meteorology
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The law of multiple proportions, also known as dalton"s law, was proposed by the english chemist and meteorologist john dalton in his 1804 work, a new system of chemical. The law, which was based on dalton"s observations of the reactions of atmospheric gases, states that when elements form compounds, the proportions of the elements in those chemical compounds can be expressed in small whole number ratios. The reaction of the elements carbon and oxygen can yield both carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide. In co2, the ratio of the amount of oxygen compared to the amount of carbon is a fixed ratio of. In his theory of atomic structure and composition, dalton presented the concept that all matter was composed of different combinations of atoms, which are the indivisible building blocks of matter. Dalton"s law of multiple proportions is part of the basis for modern atomic theory, along with.
