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Use a nail rusting in air to explain the law
of conservation of mass.

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Answer:

When a nail is exposed, is becomes oxidized. It does not actually lose any matter, but rather the matter is transferred to the air itself.

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Answer:

The matter is neither crated nor destroyed during this chemical change. The mass of the original nail equals the mass of the rusted nail.

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