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What does the law of multiple proportions account for?

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coefficients in chemical equations
coefficients in chemical equations

subscripts in chemical formulas

subscripts in chemical formulas

reactants and products in chemical equations
reactants and products in chemical equations

states of substances in chemical formulas

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subscripts in chemical formulas

The law of multiple proportions explains that when two elements form more than one compound, the masses (and thus the relative number of atoms) of one element that combine with a fixed mass of the other are in small whole-number ratios — which corresponds to whole-number subscripts in chemical formulas.