Identify factors that affect the ratio when substances combine to form compounds

The law of constant proportions affects the ratio when two or more substances combine to form a new substance. The law of constant proportion, also known as Proust's law or the law of definite composition, states that a chemical compound will always have its component elements in a fixed proportion, regardless of the pathway undertaken to prepare that substance.

The bodies of milkweed bugs contain toxic compounds derived from the sap which they suck from milkweed. Milkweed bugs are true bugs (Hemiptera) . They are used as research insects because they are easy to use in the laboratory, have a short life cycle and are easy to manipulate.

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