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What are the Limitations of the law of conservation of mass?


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Limitations of the law of conservation of mass are given below.

  1. In a nuclear reaction, some of the mass is converted into energy, resulting in an imbalance between the mass of the reactants and the mass of the products.
  2. As a result, the total mass is not conserved.
  3. This is the limitation of mass conservation.

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