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law of conservation of mass

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Noun1.law of conservation of mass - a fundamental principle of classical physics that matter cannot be created or destroyed in an isolated system
conservation of mass, conservation of matter, law of conservation of matter
conservation - (physics) the maintenance of a certain quantities unchanged during chemical reactions or physical transformations
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One of the most universal scientific laws, the Law of Conservation of Mass holds that regardless of the processes acting inside the system, the mass of a closed system will remain constant.
Stoichiometry (from the Greek for Element and Measure) by Gabriel Adams / Reference and Education community
By the late 1700s, chemist Antoine Lavoisier, when he wasn't articulating the law of conservation of mass, carried out elaborate experiments on the preparation of meat stock.
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Had Coble studied physics, he would know of the law of conservation of mass, which states that you can neither create nor destroy mass - you can only change its form.
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