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Suppose a logs mass was 5kg. After burning, the mass of the ash is 1 kg. Explain what may have happened to the other 4kg?
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Suppose a logs mass was 5kg. After burning, the mass of the ash is 1 kg. Explain what may have happened to the other 4kg?

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Well, we know that mass is conserved, so the missing 4 kg couldn't
just disappear. It had to go somewhere.

It may have left the burning log in the form of hot gases and smoke particles.
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