Chemistry GCSE
Simplest whole-number ratio
What Simplest whole-number ratio means in Chemistry GCSE, as defined for AQA.
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The result of comparing mole values by dividing each by the smallest value, used as the coefficients in the balanced equation.
Topics that use Simplest whole-number ratio
- Using moles to balance equations (HT only) (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Conservation of mass
- Molar mass
- Mole
- Balancing symbol equations
- Empirical ratios from moles
- Mole calculations from masses
- Whole-number ratios
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