Encyclopedia > Law of constant composition

Article Content

Law of constant composition

The law of constant composition is one of the fundamental laws of stoichiometry underlying most classical (pre-quantum) chemical understanding.

Rather simply, it states that a pure compound has a fixed elemental composition.

All Wikipedia text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License

Search Encyclopedia

Search over one million articles, find something about almost anything!

Featured Article

East Marion, New York

... of the census of 2000, there are 756 people, 329 households, and 222 families residing in the town. The population density is 139.0/km² (360.6/mi²). There are ...