Question

According to the law of conservation of mass, matter is neither destroyed nor created.

Then why, when a log of wood is burnt in air , the mass of ash formed is very little in

comparison to the mass of the log of wood burnt ?
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Answer 1

Answer:

The law of conservation of mass states that matter cannot be created or destroyed in a chemical reaction. For example, when wood burns, the mass of the soot, ashes, and gases, equals the original mass of the charcoal and the oxygen when it first reacted. So the mass of the product equals the mass of the reactant

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