Which law states that mass can neither be created nor destroyed in a chemical reaction?

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  1. Law of Reciprocal proportion
  2. Law of Conservation of mass
  3. Law of Constant proportions
  4. Law of Conservation of energy

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Option 2 : Law of Conservation of mass
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  • Law of Conservation of mass-mass can neither be created nor destroyed in a chemical reaction. The mass of the system must remain constant over time.
  • Law of Reciprocal proportion - If two different elements combine separately with the same weight of a third element, the ratio of the masses in which they do so are either the same or a simple multiple of the mass ratio in which they combine.
  • Law of Constant proportions - It states that a chemical compound always contains exactly the same proportion of elements by mass.
  • Law of Conservation of energy - Energy can neither be created nor be destroyed. The total energy of an isolated system remains constant.
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