Wednesday, August 17, 2011

How can you show that m is conserved in a Chemical equation?

You have to balance the equation and make sure that there's the same number of reactants and products. For example 2H2 + O2 = 2H2O shows conservation of m because there's 4 hydrogen and 2 oxygen on both the reactant and product side.No matter is lost or gained; it is simply transformed from hydrogen and oxygen to water.

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