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EQUIVALENT , in chemistry, the proportion of anSee also: element which will combine with or replace unit See also: weight of hydrogen
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When multiplied by the See also: valency it gives the atomic weight
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The determination of equivalent weights is treated in the article STOICHIOMETRY
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(See also CHEMISTRY.) In a more general sense the See also: term " equivalent " is used to denote quantities of sub-stances which neutralize one another, as for example NaOH, HC1, H2SO4, zBa(OH)2
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