Which of the following laws best illustrates the following statement? Regardless of the amount of fluorine available, 23 g of sodium always combines with 19 g of fluorine.
A) Law of Constant Composition
B) Law of Conservation of Mass
C) Dalton's Atomic Theory
D) Law of Mass Action
E) Lavoisier's Law

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The Law of Constant Composition (also known as the Law of Definite Proportions) states that a given compound always contains exactly the same proportion of elements by mass. This means that regardless of the amount of fluorine available, 23 g of sodium will always combine with 19 g of fluorine to form sodium fluoride (NaF).

Which of the Following Laws Best Illustrates the Following Statement