law of conservation
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Antoine Lavoisier, the French scientist credited with first stating the law of conservation of matter, heated a mixture of tin and air in a sealed flask to produce tin oxide.
From Textbooks • Feb. 14, 2019
The possible nuclear reactions are constrained by the law of conservation of nucleon number.
From Textbooks • Aug. 12, 2015
This universally obeyed law of nature is called the law of conservation of charge.
From Textbooks • Aug. 12, 2015
The law of conservation of charge is absolute—it has never been observed to be violated.
From Textbooks • Aug. 12, 2015
It was my favorite episode, the one about the law of conservation of energy.
From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas
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