Chemical reactions follow the law of conservation of mass. This is seen on paper as a balanced equation. Explain the law of conservation of mass and how to balance an equation.

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.

I’m pretty sure that when balancing a chemical equation no one is thinking about the conservation of mass. It’s all about counting atoms. When you have the same number of each kind of atom on either side of the arrow, then the equation is balanced. Now, that’s not to dismiss the law of conservation of mass which is verified upon closer inspection of the balanced equation.

eg CH4 + O2 → CO2 + H2O - needs balancing.

you use the idea that each type of atoim is conserved - so looking at this you can see it is not currently correct. On the LHS there are 2 O atoms and on the RHS there are 3 O atoms- the number of atoms must remain unchanged. We dont bother about their mass ( although mass is conserved)’

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answer : one can design an experiment using a liquid and an additive that can be added to the liquid and observe the chemical changes in the reaction species.

one would need a beaker which is filled with a known amount of the liquid in which thermometer is placed to measure the temperature changes; after addition of the additive to the liquid solution one can note down the temperature change and find whether the reaction is endothermic or exothermic in nature. by subtracting the initial temperature value with the final temperature one can find the temperature changes.

various combinations of liquid and additive can be used. liquid in this case can be a known quantity of water and additives can be epsom salt or without epsom salt the experiment can be conducted to notice the changes. water and ice, hydrogen peroxide and dry yeast, vinegar and baking soda,etc.