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that is the Law of Conservation of Matter.

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What is the Law of Conservation of matter in chemistry?

The Law of Conservation of Matter states that matter can't be created or destroyed. When a chemical reaction happens, you aren't destroying the material you are simply changing it.


Is this an example of chemical reactions Energy is created as atoms are destroyed in chemical reactions?

No Energy can not be created or destroyed, it can only change form Matter cannot be created or destroyed, it can only change form. -- - -- Like stated above, energy can't be destroyed nor created. Only harnessed to only than be used and changed in form. Matter however CAN be destroyed, its exactly what an atomic bomb, hydrogen bomb or nuclear reaction plant does; annihilates molecules harnessing its potential energy. The law of conservation basically states that you either have matter or you have energy.


What must the mass of reactants do to the mass of the products in a chemical reaction?

As the law of conservation of matter and mass dictates, matter can't be created or destroyed, only changed. The mass and the number of atoms always stay the same through a chemical reaction, just rearranged.


If matter is neither created nor destroyed in a chemical reaction what happen to the rest of the matter in the wood?

It goes up in smoke (to coin a phrase). Smoke is composed of water vapor, carbon dioxide and other chemicals and aerosol particulates. Incidentally, this is call the classic law of conservation of matter. For a practical every day experience it's true, but Einstein came along and showed that matter can be changed to energy and vice versa. That's what happens in an atomic explosion -- matter is converted to energy. So, really it's "Matter and energy cannot be created or destroyed, just changed in form."


What is conservstion of matter?

The Law of Conservation of Matter states that in any reaction, matter is neither created nor destroyed

Related questions

Can matter be created or destroyed during chemical reaction?

Matter can not be created nor destroyed during any process, so no matter can not be destroyed during a chemical change.


Is water considered new matter?

Matter cannot be created or destroyed, nor can it be returned , it can only be changed. so the water we drink is not new mater it is matter that as been changed.


Is energy created when atoms are destroyed in a chemical reaction?

Atoms are never created or destroyed in a chemical reaction. There are the same number of each type of atom both before and after a chemical reaction. Atoms are never created of destroyed; the molecules are just re-arranged in their bonding with each other.


In a chemical reaction does the amount of matter increase or decrease?

Niether; matter cannot be created (increase in matter) nor destroyed (decrease in matter) following the Law of Conservation of Matter.


Who proved that matter cannot be destroyed but can be changed in form and was named as the Man of Many Talents?

Antoine Laurent Lavioser


What is the law of the conversation of matter?

energy that can not be created or destroyedthe total number of atoms cannot change during a reaction.


Can matter now be created and destroyed?

Matter can neither be created or destroyed, just changed in form.


What does the law of conservation of mass state that cannot be created or destroyed during a chemical reaction?

The law of conservation of mass (or matter) states that mass (or matter) cannot be created or destroyed during a chemical reaction. *Matter is anything that has mass and takes up space, so a lot of scientists call this the law of conservation of matter.


What is mass of conversation of mass?

Conservation of matter means, matter can neither be created nor be destroyed but it can be changed from one form to another.


Why is an equator important?

matter cannot be created nor destroyed. What goes into the reaction (or equation) must also come out in that same amount.


What does not occur in a chemical reaction?

matter is not created or destroyed


What states that matter cannot be created or destroyed?

The law that states that matter cannot be created or destroyed is the law of conservation created by Lavoisier.