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The Law of Definite Proportions

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The law of definite proportions states every sample of a pure compound contains the same elements combined in the same fixed mass ratio.

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Every sample of isooctane, wherever obtained, shows a carbon-to-hydrogen mass ratio of 5.33 to 1, regardless of the sample's source.

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Sharing a mass ratio does not prove two samples are the same compound; other compounds can match that ratio.