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

Mass of dinitrogenMass of dioxygen
14 g16 g
14 g32 g
28 g32 g
28 g80 g
Which law of chemical combination is obeyed by the above experimental data?

A
Law of conservation of mass
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Law of definite proportions
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Law of multiple proportions
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Avogadro's Law
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Solution

The correct option is C Law of multiple proportions
Fixing the mass of dinitrogen as 14 g, the mass of dioxygen combined varies as 16,32. The reactants are in the ration 1:1 and 1:2, respectively and forms different compounds.
Similarly other ratio of the reactants are 2:1,2:5 in case of fixing mass of N2 as 28 g and varing mass of O2 as 32 g and 80 g respectively.
Here two elements combine to form more than one compound and the masses of one element that combine with a fixed mass of the other element, are in the ratio of small whole numbers. Thus they follow the law of multiple proportions.
thus option C is correct.

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