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Answer: Fluorine reacts with hydrogen (H) and deuterium

Chapter 2, Problem 2.97

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Fluorine reacts with hydrogen (H) and deuterium (D) to form hydrogen fluoride (HF) and deuterium fluoride (DF), where deuterium (2 1H) is an isotope of hydrogen. Would a given amount of fluorine react with different masses of the two hydrogen isotopes? Does this violate the law of definite proportion? Explain.

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QUESTION:

Fluorine reacts with hydrogen (H) and deuterium (D) to form hydrogen fluoride (HF) and deuterium fluoride (DF), where deuterium (2 1H) is an isotope of hydrogen. Would a given amount of fluorine react with different masses of the two hydrogen isotopes? Does this violate the law of definite proportion? Explain.

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Law of definite proportions:

It states that a chemical compound always contains its component element in fixed ratio (by mass) and does not depend on its source and method of preparation.

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