>Similarly, the chemical diagram N2 + 2O2 --> 2(N2O2) is not a "law"
>of combination and separation of elements; it is merely a representation
>of one of many possible Nitrogen-Oxygen reactions.
P.S., that was a typo above. It should read N2 + 2O2 --> 2(NO2).
While chemical reaction diagrams ("equations") are not laws, physical laws
do determine which diagrams are realized with any positive or detectable
reaction rate.
--Aaron Lynch
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