Law of Conservation of Mass AKA: Law of Conservation of Matter
Mass is neither created nor destroyed during a chemical reaction
+ In a chemical reaction, atoms are rearranged to make new products with new properties.
A chemical reaction is when chemical bonds break and new bonds form.
Mass of Reactants = Mass of Products Reactants Products Mass of Reactants = Mass of Products
This is a balanced equation
Chemical reactions are represented on paper by chemical equations.
Chemical equations are a shorter, easier way to show chemical reactions because they use symbols instead of words.
Coefficients show the number of each type of molecule in a reaction. Subscripts show the number of each type of atom in a reaction.
Works Cited http://www.iun.edu/~cpanhd/C101webnotes/matter-and-energy/masscons.html http://wine1.sb.fsu.edu/chm1045/notes/Stoich/Equation/Stoich01.htm