Mass is neither created nor destroyed on a chemical reaction. The mass before and after a chemical reaction does not change
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Law of Definite Proportions/ Law of Constant Composition
All samples of a compound have the same composition - the same proportions by mass of the constituent elements
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Law of Multiple Proportions
If two elements form more than a single compound, the masses of one element combined with a fixed mass of a second are in the ratio of small, whole number
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E is the ...
Elemental symbol
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Z is the ...
Atomic number and equals the number of protons
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A is the ...
Mass number and equals the number of protons and neutrons