Chapter 6: Chemical Equations: Tests for Anions (definitons)

Question 1

What does the Law of Conservation of Mass state?

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Answer 1

-the total mass of the products of a chemical reaction is the same as the total mass of the reactants

Question 2

What dies the Law of Conservation of Matter state?

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Answer 2

• in any chemical reaction
• matter is neither created nor destroyed
• but merely changes from one form to another