Early chemists, known at the time as alchemists, had a difficult time understanding the Law of Conservation of Mass. Using the burning of wood as an example, what property of matter made this law difficult for early scientists to understand?

The law of conservation of mass states that, for any closed system, the mass of the system must remain constant.
So, in other words, mass cannot be created nor destroyed.
In a burning log, the initial mass of the wood and the ashes that are left behind after it burns are different, which would seem to violate the law of conservation of mass.

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