Urgent ! during an investigation a scientist heated 27 g of mercuric oxide till it decomposed to leave a dry product. the total mass of the product formed was 25 g. does the law of conservation of mass hold true in this case? use complete sentences to justify your answer based on numerical calculations.

Yes, the law of conservation of mass is true because even though some/2grames of mass was not there to end the 2 grams might have evaporated or escaped.

Explanation:

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answer:

the answer is 6 valence electrons.

explanation:

valence is the # of electrons on the outer most shell of an atom.

oxygen has 6.

although, the valency of oxygen is 2, because it only needs to make 2 covalent bonds, or gain 2 electrons, to achieve the stable octet configuration of a noble gas.

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