ADI Lab Investigation - Law of Conservation of Mass The Law of Conservation of Mass states that mass is neither created nor destroyed. The law also states, that the mass of the reactants are equal to the mass of the products in a chemical reaction. Matter is composed of atoms, and atoms can be bonded to form different types of molecules. In a chemical reaction, no new atoms are created, and no atoms are destroyed. Also, in a chemical reaction, bonds between atoms in the reactants are broken, and the atoms rearrange and form new bonds to make the products. Atoms or Molecules can then be combined to form many different substances. A substance is a sample of matter that has a constant structure, and the substances mass will always stay the same. Chemical reactions allow for the attributes of a substance to …show more content…
We set those materials in a neat, orderly fashion on our table. Next, we put on our safety goggles. Next, we placed one Magnesium metal ribbon into the 125 milliliter Erlenmeyer flask and we poured 20 milliliters of hydrochloric into the graduated cylinder. Then we placed the 125 milliliter Erlenmeyer flask with the magnesium, the rubber stopper, and the graduated cylinder with 20 milliliters of hydrochloric acid onto a scale. After we got the different masses, we added them up until we got a final total and we put that mass into a table.
Next, we poured the Hydrochloric acid into the flask and we will quickly put the rubber stopper on the flask. After the reaction settled down, we placed the flask with the new substance, the rubber stopper, and the graduated cylinder onto a scale and we got the total mass and we wrote that down on the data table. Finally, we subtracted the beginning weight with the final weight to see the comparison of the mass of the products verses the