Explain the Law of Conservation of Mass in terms of the atoms and bonds in a chemical reaction.

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Marquise May

Chemistry

18 November, 08:51

Explain the Law of Conservation of Mass in terms of the atoms and bonds in a chemical reaction.

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Sariah Hammond · Answer 1

Atoms are the smallest particles of an element that can take part in a chemical reaction. During any chemical reaction no particles are created or destroyed: the atoms are simply rearranged from the reactants to the products. The products may have different properties to the reactants.

Mass is never lost or gained in chemical reactions. We say that mass is always conserved. In other words, the total mass of products at the end of the reaction is equal to the total mass of the reactants at the beginning.

This fact allows you to work out the mass of one substance in a reaction if the masses of the other substances are known.

Acevedo · Answer 2

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Well the laws of conversation of mass states that matter can be crafted nor destroy so basically when you burn a peace of paper and it turns to ash its still matter but a new form.