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Originally appearing in Volume V09, Page 727 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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EQUIVALENT , in

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chemistry, the proportion of an

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ELEMENT (Lat. elementum)

element which will combine with or replace unit

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WEIGHT

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HYDROGEN [symbol H, atomic weight x-oo8 (0=16)]

hydrogen . When multiplied by the

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VALENCY

valency it gives the atomic weight . The determination of equivalent weights is treated in the

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ARTICLE (from Lat. articulus, a joint)

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STOICHIOMETRY (Gr. vrocxeia, fundamental parts, or elements, µErpov, measure)

STOICHIOMETRY . (See also CHEMISTRY.) In a more

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general sense the

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TERM

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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