Sentence examples for constant proportions from inspiring English sources

Law of definite proportions, statement that every chemical compound contains fixed and constant proportions (by weight) of its constituent elements.

This relative abundance is expressed as the 87Sr/86Sr ratio, where strontium-86 is chosen to represent the stable isotopes strontium-88, strontium-86, and strontium-84, which occur in constant proportions in natural materials.

The salt content of seawater in the oceans based on the constant proportions of volatiles released would depend primarily on the ratio of sodium chloride (NaCl) locked up in evaporites to that dissolved in the oceans.

The salt content of the oceans based on the constant proportions of volatiles released would depend primarily on the ratio of sodium chloride locked up in evaporites to that dissolved in the oceans.

This much already entails the law of constant proportions.

Dalton argued that this atomic hypothesis explained the law of constant proportions (see section 1.5).

The derivatives in question were "constant proportion debt obligations" (CPDOs).

Relatively few constant proportion debt obligations were issued before credit markets began freezing up last summer.

The problems affected 11 constant proportion debt obligations totaling about $1 billion.

Standing for constant proportion debt obligation, CPDO's were highly levered bets on corporate debt, mostly European.

The demise of this deal — known as a constant proportion debt obligation is emblematic of what is happening to the financial system in the credit collapse of 2007.