If 100 grams of pure water taken from different sources is decomposed bypassing electricity, 11 gms of hydrogen and 89 gms of oxygen are always

obtained.Which chemical law is illustrated by this statement?

Law of definite Proportions is illustrated by the above statement.

According to the law of definite composition, all the sample of any chemical compound have the same composition of elements by mass.

Hence water is taken from anywhere will have the chemical composition of 8:1 of oxygen and hydrogen respectively by mass.

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