The law of conservation of mass tells us, in part, that matter is neither created nor destroyed. How can we see this by using chemical reaction?

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Ellen Briggs

5 October, 03:45

The law of conservation of mass tells us, in part, that matter is neither created nor destroyed. How can we see this by using chemical reaction?

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This law states that, despite chemical reactions or physical transformations, mass is conserved - that is, it cannot be created or destroyed - within an isolated system. In other words, in a chemical reaction, the mass of the products will always be equal to the mass of the reactants.