Exit presenter|Word Equations and Balancing (Conservation of Mass)
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Hook

Lavoisier and the balance

  • Closed system mass before = mass after (within measurement).
  • Law of conservation of mass.
ReactantsProductsSame atoms — rearranged, not created or destroyedLaw of conservation of mass ↔ balanced equations ↔ mole ratios
Conservation of atoms in a chemical reaction