Laws of Chemical Combinations

LAWS OF CHEMICAL COMBINATIONS

There are 5 basic laws of chemical combinations that govern every reaction: Law of conservation of mass, law of definite proportions, law of multiple proportions, Gay Lussac’s law of gaseous volumes, and lastly, Avogadro law

• Law of Conservation of Mass: Antoine Lavoisier established the Law of Conservation of Mass. It states that matter can neither be created nor destroyed. In other words, we can say that during any physical or chemical change, the total mass of reactants is equal to the total mass of products
• Law of definite proportions: Joseph Proust showed that a given compound always contains exactly the same proportion of elements by weight.
• Law of multiple proportions: Dalton proposed the law of multiple proportions. According to this law if two elements can combine to form more than one compound, the mass of one element that combines with the fixed mass of the other element is in the ratio of small whole numbers.
• Gay Lussac’s Law of gaseous volumes: When gases combine or are produced in a chemical reaction they do so in a simple ratio by volume, provided all the gases are at same temperature and Pressure.
• Avogadro law: At the same temperature and pressure, equal volumes of gases contain equal number of molecules.