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9.4 Rearranging atoms

• When a chemical reaction takes place, no new atoms or
elements are formed or lost.
• The total mass of the reactants equals the total mass of
the products.
Summary
3 a Chinua reacts 37 g of magnesium with 150 g of sulfuric acid.
What will be the total mass of the products of this reaction?
b If Chinua starts with 10 g of magnesium, how much magnesium
will be present in the magnesium sulfate?
Question
9 Material changes
Conservation of mass
Atoms have mass. If no atoms are gained or lost during a
chemical reaction, then no mass is gained or lost either.
Brad, Rafaela and Tian-ning carry out the reaction
between calcium carbonate and hydrochloric acid.
They place some calcium carbonate in a fl ask, add the
hydrochloric acid and place a stopper in the top of the
fl ask. They place the fl ask on a top pan balance. They
each