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Law of Conservation of Mass

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Balancing of a chemical equation is based on which of the following laws?

A

Boyle's Law

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Law of Constant Proportions

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Avagadro's Law

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D

Law of Conservation of Mass

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Solution

The correct option is D Law of Conservation of Mass
Law of conservation of mass states that mass can neither be created nor destroyed.

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Q. We know that balancing of a chemical equation is entirely based on law of conservation of mass. However, the concept of Principle of Atom Conservation (POAC) can also be related to law of conservation of mass in a chemical reaction. So, POAC can also act as a technique for balancing a chemical equation. For example, for a reaction:

A B C_{3} \to A B + C_{2}

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On applying POAC for A, B & C and relating the 3 equations, we get :

\frac{n_{A B C_{3}}}{2} = \frac{n_{A B}}{2} = \frac{n_{C_{2}}}{3}

(n_{x} :

number of moles of X). Thus, the coefficients of

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2 A B C_{3} \to 2 A B + 3 C_{2}

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Now, answer the following question: Which of the following relation is correct regarding the numerical coefficients p,q,r in the balanced chemical equation:

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