Welcome to Westonci.ca, the Q&A platform where your questions are met with detailed answers from experienced experts. Get immediate and reliable solutions to your questions from a knowledgeable community of professionals on our platform. Discover detailed answers to your questions from a wide network of experts on our comprehensive Q&A platform.

How does the law of definite proportions apply to hydrates?

Sagot :

The law of definite proportions would state that a hydrate always contain exactly the same proportion of salt and water by mass.
strictly speaking, the law of definite proportion states that a compound always 
contains exactly the same proportion of elements by mass.
But the law is often applied to groupings of elements in compound.
Hydrates are salt that have a certain amount of  water asa part of their structure.
The water is chemically combined with the compound in a definite ratio.