...consideration of this mass-action, as it is now termed, has led to the establishment of the law, that Chemical action is proportional to the active mass of each substance taking part in the change. While the power of affinity possessed by atoms or compounds docs not furnish us with data sufficient...

...affinity of oxygen, that is indicated by the last two reactions, is explained by the law of mass-action. " Chemical action is proportional to the active mass of each substance taking part in the change." When a great excess of jron is acted on by steam the iron decomposes the water, and when oxide of iron...

...made to combine with each other by great pressure. Chemic action is limited to definite weights and is proportional to the active mass of each substance taking part in the change — the law of mass-action. For example, red-hot iron in excess decomposes water (steam), taking up...

...quickly as they are formed. The typical normal case of chemical change, according to Berthol let's view, is one wherein every member of the system is...amounts of potash and soda which severally neutralise 3 6 -5 parts by weight of hydrochloric acid (HCl = 36-5) are those expressed by the formulae KOH (56)...