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Conservation of massRunning
Reaction vessel. Remaining product mass at 9.6 g. Products measured 53.6 g, Reactants in 100 g. Currently products measured is short by 46.4 g.TUNINGREACTANTSPRODUCTSACTIVATION PATH9.6 G
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Products measured

53.6g

Reactants in

100g

9.6 g

Reaction vessel. Remaining product mass at 9.6 g. Products measured 53.6 g, Reactants in 100 g. Currently products measured is short by 46.4 g.

What has to balancemreactants=mproductsm_{reactants} = m_{products}

What is happening

You are called to a school lab that appears to have lost mass mid-reaction.

Mass appears to have gone missing. 100 g of reactants went in, only 44 g of carbon dioxide was captured, and the remaining product mass is logged wrong.