CHEMICAL REACTIONS 8.2 - Balancing Chemical Equations
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
8.2 - Balancing Chemical Equations
Law of Conservation of Mass
Since atoms can neither be created nor destroyed in a chemical reaction, the total number of atoms of each type remains unchanged.
For example, If x number of carbon atoms and y number of oxygen atoms are what you start with on the reactant side. You must end with x number of carbon atoms and y number of oxygen atoms on the product side of the chemical equation. This is what is meant by the The Law of Conservation of Mass.
Section
9.3
Guidelines
for Balancing
Chemical
Equations
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