Difference between revisions of "Conservation of Mass"

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Conservation of Mass is a law of the universe that states that mass cannot be created or destroyed, it can only be moved from one place to another.

In a chemical reaction conservation of mass means that the same atoms with made up the reactants must make up the products. So the atoms are not created or destroyed in a chemical reaction, they are just rearranged.


Conservation of mass tells us that if there are 4 Hydrogen atoms and 2 Oxygen atoms at the start of this reaction then there will be the end of the reaction 4 Hydrogen atoms and 2 Oxygen atoms at the end of the reaction.


In this reaction you can see that mass is conserved because there are 4 Hydrogen atoms, 4 Oxygen atoms and 1 Carbon atom in the reactants and all the same atoms are found in the products.

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 : In a [[Chemical Reaction|chemical reaction]] '''conservation of mass''' means that the same [[atom]]s with made up the [[reactant]]s must make up the [[product]]s. So the [[atom]]s are not created or destroyed in a [[Chemical Reaction|chemical reaction]], they are just rearranged.
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+'''Conservation of mass''' tells us that if there are 4 [[Hydrogen]] [[atom]]s and 2 [[Oxygen]] [[atom]]s at the start of this [[Chemical Reaction|reaction]] then there will be  the end of the [[Chemical Reaction|reaction]] 4 [[Hydrogen]] [[atom]]s and 2 [[Oxygen]] [[atom]]s at the end of the [[Chemical Reaction|reaction]].
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+In this [[Chemical Reaction|reaction]] you can see that '''mass is conserved''' because there are 4 [[Hydrogen]] [[atom]]s, 4 [[Oxygen]] [[atom]]s and 1 [[Carbon]] [[atom]] in the [[reactant]]s and all the same [[atom]]s are found in the [[product]]s.
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