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Law of Reciprocal Proportions

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(chemistry) law stating that the proportions in which two elements separately combine with a third element are also the proportions in which they combine together

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law of equivalent proportions
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Law of Reciprocal Proportionses'

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(chemistry) law stating that the proportions in which two elements separately combine with a third element are also the proportions in which they combine together

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