This document discusses chemical equations and key concepts like the law of conservation of mass proposed by Antoine Lavoisier, which states that the total mass of reactants equals the total mass of products in a chemical reaction within a closed system. It also defines subscript and coefficient, noting that subscripts indicate the number of atoms present and coefficients are numbers placed before symbols or formulas to balance chemical equations.
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This Module is about balancing law of conservation
This document discusses chemical equations and key concepts like the law of conservation of mass proposed by Antoine Lavoisier, which states that the total mass of reactants equals the total mass of products in a chemical reaction within a closed system. It also defines subscript and coefficient, noting that subscripts indicate the number of atoms present and coefficients are numbers placed before symbols or formulas to balance chemical equations.
This document discusses chemical equations and key concepts like the law of conservation of mass proposed by Antoine Lavoisier, which states that the total mass of reactants equals the total mass of products in a chemical reaction within a closed system. It also defines subscript and coefficient, noting that subscripts indicate the number of atoms present and coefficients are numbers placed before symbols or formulas to balance chemical equations.
Antoine Lavoisier (Paris, France) Born: 26 August 1743 Died: 8 May 1794 Full name: Antoine- Laurent de Lavoisier Known for: Combustion; Law of Conservation of Mass Discovered: O, C, Si Law of Conservation of Mass • Stated that atoms (in a closed system) can neither be created or destroyed in a chemical reaction. mass of reactants = mass of products SUBSCRIPT • A number placed BELOW an element or symbol, used to indicate number of atoms. COEFFICIENT • A number placed BEFORE the symbol/formula, used to balance a chemical equation