2.2 Fundamental Chemical Laws

Objectives: List

Law of Multiple Proportions

Glossary 

law of conservation of mass the law that states that mass is neither created nor destroyed in a chemical reaction

law of definite proportion the law that states that a given compound always contains exactly the same proportion of elements by mass

law of multiple proportions the law that states that when two elements form a series of compounds, the ratios of the masses of the second element that combine with 1 gram of the             first element can always be reduced to small whole numbers