Law Of Conservation Of Mass

Scientific laws explain observations and experiments that are verified and considered very high forms of scientific intelligence. The law of conservation of mass states that mass in an isolated system cannot be created or destroyed in an ordinary chemical reaction; rather conserved. In an easier explanation, everything you start with, you must end with. Although, the substance can look or be shaped differently from the original. Mass is a measure of the amount of matter an object contains. An example of this is a burned piece of wood. After the wood burns, the ashes weigh less than the original wood. However, the weight of the released gases and the weight of the ashes, would equal the mass of the original solid piece of wood. This scientific law was discovered by Antoine Lavoisier in 1785. Antoine Lavoisier originally studied law and received his bachelors degree and his license to practice as a lawyer. However, during his career he took an interest in science. He was a significant contributor to changes in chemistry. Lavoisier named the elements hydrogen, oxygen,
However, the oxygen gas that it released had the same mass as the amount lost in the Mercury oxide after being heated. He also performed experiments such as burning substances including phosphorus and sulfur in the air. This showed that when the air combined with the sulfur and phosphorus, it created substances that weighed more than the original substances. This gave the example that when the substances were burned, the weight from the new substances was lost from the air. The substances lost in the air plus the substances after being heated would equal the original weight of the sulfur and phosphorus. This allowed Lavoisier to observe and discover that matter is able to change its shape and form, however, it's mass will remain the