Chemistry is referred to as the “Central Science” as it interconnects geology, biology, environmental science, and physics to each other. Ancient Indians had knowledge of various concepts from chemistry even before it emerged as a discipline. In chemistry, one of the core fundamental concepts is matter – it is defined as a substance that occupies physical space and has inertia. There are three states of matter viz solid, gas, liquid. Matter can also be classified into compounds, mixtures or elements.
Laws Of Chemical Combination
There are five basic laws that govern the chemical combination of elements. They are as follows:
Law of Conservation of Mass
It states that during a chemical reaction, the mass of the products and reactants will always be equal.
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Law of Definite Proportions
It states that every chemical compound will contain a fixed and constant proportion by mass, of its constituent elements. Joseph Proust proposed this law.
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Law of Multiple Proportions
It is a rule of stoichiometry formulated by John Dalton.
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Gay Lussac’s Law of Gaseous Volumes
Gay Lussac gave this law in the year 1808. This law was properly explained by Avogadro.
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Avogadro Law
It states that when the temperature and pressure conditions are same, gases of equal volumes contain the same number of molecules.
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The above-described laws led to Dalton’s atomic theory.
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Few Important Questions
- Define mass and write its SI unit?
- Calculate the number of atoms in 52 moles of Ar and 52 g of He.
- What is the mass per cent of elements present in Na2SO4
- What is the difference between 0.50 mol Na2CO3 and 0.50 M Na2CO3
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