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1. Define the law of conservation of matter/mass AND explain what happens to atoms/ions in a chemical reaction.

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Answer:

No atoms are created or destroyed in a chemical reaction. The Law of Conservation of Mass dates from Antoine Lavoisier's 1789 discovery that mass is neither created nor destroyed in chemical reactions.

Step-by-step explanation:

In other words, the mass of any one element at the beginning of a reaction will equal the mass of that element at the end of the reaction.

This means that the total mass of the products in a chemical reaction will be the same as thetotal mass of the reactants .

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