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conservation of mass

scientific law that a closed system's mass remains constant
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Summary

conservation of mass is a chemical law[1]. It draws 5,241 Wikipedia views per month (chemical law category, ranking #1 of 3).[2]

Key Facts

  • Discoverer or inventor: Antoine Lavoisier[3]
  • Subclass of: conservation law[4]
  • Part of: chemistry[5], ponderal laws[6]
  • Said to be the same as: conservation of energy[7]
  • Has part(s): law of conservation of mass in chemistry[8]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[9]

Why It Matters

conservation of mass has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[10] It is known by 113 alternative names across languages and contexts.[11]

Related Entities

Antoine Lavoisier chemistry

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Science. promo.aaas.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [11] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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