# 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

**Wikidata**: [Q47319](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q47319)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_of_multiple_proportions)  
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