law of multiple proportions

chemical law that, if two elements form more than one compound, then the ratios of the masses of the second element which combine with a fixed mass of the first element will always be ratios of small whole numbers
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law of multiple proportions

Summary

law of multiple proportions is a chemical law[1]. It draws 42 Wikipedia views per month (chemical_law category, ranking #3 of 3).[2]

Key Facts

  • law of multiple proportions is credited with the discovery of John Dalton[3].
  • law of multiple proportions's image is recorded as John Dalton.jpeg[4].
  • law of multiple proportions's instance of is recorded as chemical law[5].
  • law of multiple proportions's part of is recorded as ponderal laws[6].
  • law of multiple proportions's BNCF Thesaurus ID is recorded as 34935[7].
  • law of multiple proportions's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/04n9k[8].
  • law of multiple proportions's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0237382[9].
  • law of multiple proportions's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as science/law-of-multiple-proportions[10].
  • law of multiple proportions's Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID is recorded as 2108121[11].
  • law of multiple proportions's Quora topic ID is recorded as Law-of-Multiple-Proportions[12].
  • law of multiple proportions's Römpp online ID is recorded as RD-04-00057[13].
  • law of multiple proportions's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 93788907[14].
  • law of multiple proportions's WordNet 3.1 Synset ID is recorded as 05890833-n[15].
  • law of multiple proportions's Encyclopedia of China is recorded as 510331[16].
  • law of multiple proportions's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as llei-de-les-proporcions-multiples[17].

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Works and Contributions

law of multiple proportions is credited with the discovery of John Dalton[3].

Why It Matters

law of multiple proportions draws 42 Wikipedia views per month (chemical_law category, ranking #3 of 3).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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