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Conservation of matter says that matter is neither created nor destroyed. An exception is the conversion of matter to or from energy. This is governed by Einstein's famous E = m times C squared, where E is energy (either in or out), m is matter (either out or in), and C is the velocity of light.

Conversion of matter to energy happens in nuclear events such as nuclear fission (atomic reactors, atomic fission bombs, natural decay by fission - carbon 12 for example or radium, etc.) or by nuclear fusion (hydrogen bombs, the sun).

For nonnuclear situations, matter is conserved.

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