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State and explain the law of conservation of mass
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How was...Ch. 1 - Prob. 14ECh. 1 - State and explain the law of definite proportions.Ch. 1 - State and explain the law of multiple proportions....Ch. 1 - What are the main ideas in Dalton’s atomic theory?...Ch. 1 - How and by whom was the electron discovered? What...Ch. 1 - Explain Millikan’s oil drop experiment and how it...Ch. 1 - Prob. 20ECh. 1 - Describe Rutherford’s gold foil experiment. How...Ch. 1 - Describe Rutherford’s nuclear model of the atom....Ch. 1 - If matter is mostly empty space, as suggested by...Ch. 1 - List the three subatomic particles that compose...Ch. 1 - What defines an element?Ch. 1 - Explain the difference between Z (the atomic...Ch. 1 - Where do elements get their names?Ch. 1 - What are isotopes? What is percent natural...Ch. 1 - Describe the two different notations used to...Ch. 1 - Prob. 30ECh. 1 - Prob. 31ECh. 1 - Explain how a mass spectrometer works. 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Substance Pure or mixture Type...Ch. 1 - Determine whether each molecular diagram...Ch. 1 - Determine whether each molecular diagram...Ch. 1 - Classify each statement as an observation, a law,...Ch. 1 - Classify each statement as an observation, a law,...Ch. 1 - A chemist decomposes several samples of carbon...Ch. 1 - When astronomers observe distant galaxies, they...Ch. 1 - Prob. 45ECh. 1 - An automobile gasoline tank holds 21 kg of...Ch. 1 - Two samples of carbon tetrachloride are decomposed...Ch. 1 - Two samples of sodium chloride are decomposed into...Ch. 1 - The mass ratio of sodium to fluorine in sodium...Ch. 1 - Upon decomposition, one sample of magnesium...Ch. 1 - Two different compounds containing osmium and...Ch. 1 - Palladium forms three different compounds with...Ch. 1 - Prob. 53ECh. 1 - Sulfur and fluorine form several different...Ch. 1 - Which statements are consistent with Dalton’s...Ch. 1 - Which statements are inconsistent with Dalton’s...Ch. 1 - Which statements are consistent with Rutherford’s...Ch. 1 - Which statements are inconsistent with...Ch. 1 - A chemist in an imaginary universe, where...Ch. 1 - Imagine a unit of charge called the zorg. 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Do any...Ch. 1 - An element has two naturally occurring isotopes....Ch. 1 - An element has four naturally occuring isotopes...Ch. 1 - Bromine has two naturally occurring isotopes...Ch. 1 - Silicon has three naturally occurring isotopes...Ch. 1 - Use the mass spectrum of europium shown here to...Ch. 1 - Use the mass spectrum of rubidium shown here to...Ch. 1 - A 7.83-g sample of HCN contains 0.290 g of H and...Ch. 1 - The ratio of sulfur to oxygen by mass in SO2 is...Ch. 1 - Use the mass spectrum of lead shown here to...Ch. 1 - Use the mass spectrum of mercury shown here to...Ch. 1 - Nuclei with the same number of neutrons but...Ch. 1 - Fill in the blanks to complete the table. 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