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H3.1  WRITING AMOUNT–AMOUNT RATIOS MATHEMATICALLY - 2

The problems which follow deal with the key idea about amounts ratios and the interpretation of stoichiometric coefficients.

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Often these are expressed mathematically as so-called de Donder relations

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after the famous Belgian theoretical physicist (1873 – 1957).

The amounts ratio of interest and its most convenient representation often depend on how a problem is worded and what quantity needs to be calculated.

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