Question

12. The following data are obtained when dinitrogen and dioxygen react together to form different compounds:

S.NO Mass of dinitrogen Mass of dioxygen

(i) 14 g 16g

(ii) 14g 32g

(iii) 28g 32g

(iv) 28g 80g

a) Which law of chemical combinations is obeyed by the above experimental data? Give its statement.​

Answer 1

Answer:

12. When the mass of dinitrogen is 28g , mass of dioxygen combined is 32,64,32, and 80 g . The corresponding ratio is 1:2:1:5. It is a simple whole number ratio .

This illustrates the law of multiple proportions.

It states that, "if two elements can combine to form more than one compound, the masses of one element that combine with a fixed mass of the other element, are in the ratio of small whole numbers.