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In chemical reactions, what does the principle of conservation of mass mean?
A
Matter is not created or destroyed.
B
The total mass of the reactants is greater than the total mass of the products.
C
The total mass of the reactants is less than the total mass of the products.
D
Matter is not changed.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The law of conservation of mass states that. “The mass in an isolated system can neither be created nor be destroyed but can be transformed from one form to another”. According to the law of conservation of mass, the mass of the reactants must be equal to the mass of the products for a low energy thermodynamic process.

Detailed explanation-2: -Matter can change form through physical and chemical changes, but through any of these changes matter is conserved. The same amount of matter exists before and after the change-none is created or destroyed. This concept is called the Law of Conservation of Mass.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Law of Conservation of Mass dates from Antoine Lavoisier’s 1789 discovery that mass is neither created nor destroyed in chemical reactions. 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.

Detailed explanation-4: -The law of conservation of mass states that mass in an isolated system is neither created nor destroyed by chemical reactions or physical transformations. According to the law of conservation of mass, the mass of the products in a chemical reaction must equal the mass of the reactants.

Detailed explanation-5: -Mass is therefore never conserved because a little of it turns into energy (or a little energy turns into mass) in every reaction. But mass+energy is always conserved. Energy cannot be created out of nothing. It can only be created by destroying the appropriate amount of mass according to E = mc2.

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