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What did Antoine Lavoisier conclude from his experimental studies of combustion reactions?

Options

  1. AMatter can be created but not destroyed
  2. BThere is a net change in mass during chemical changes
  3. CMatter can neither be created nor destroyed
  4. DMass changes in all physical changes but not in chemical changes

Correct answer

C. Matter can neither be created nor destroyed

Step-by-step solution

Antoine Lavoisier concluded that matter can neither be created nor destroyed based on his studies of combustion reactions.

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