alleryWho proposed the Law of Conservation of Mass?
ALavoisier
BPriestley
CRutherford
DBoltzmann
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. Lavoisier
1. The law says mass is unchanged by a chemical reaction.
2. It was stated near the end of the eighteenth century.
3. Antoine Lavoisier proposed it in 1789.
4. So the answer is Lavoisier.
_Source: syllabus Science, Ch 9 'Atomic Foundations of Matter'_
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