Was Antoine Lavoisier correct about nothing lost ?

[Mark Turner]

Was Antoine Lavoisier correct about nothing lost and nothing gained in his experimental results ?

Thanks in advance .

 

[DaveC426913]

Yes.

He might have been the first to realize that the initial products and the final products of a chemical reaction (notably, combustion) weigh the same.

"Nothing is lost, nothing is created, everything is transformed."

That was pretty bold for the 18th century.

 

[Mark Turner]

Tha

Yes.

He might have been the first to realize that the initial products and the final products of a chemical reaction (notably, combustion) weigh the same.

"Nothing is lost, nothing is created, everything is transformed."

That was pretty bold for the 18th century.

Thank you again respectfully , you are very knowledgeable .

I believe he was the first to discover this , I just wasn't sure how true it was or if anyone had discovered something different than these findings . For a 18th century chemist , he was pretty impressive and ahead of his time .

I also heard he did a drinking milk experiment without eating food , I imagine that started to make him begin to feel sick , is this true ?

Thanks in advance .

 

[Traverse]

Yes.

He might have been the first to realize that the initial products and the final products of a chemical reaction (notably, combustion) weigh the same.

"Nothing is lost, nothing is created, everything is transformed."

That was pretty bold for the 18th century.

The total mass of reactants & the total mass of products weigh precisely the same amount on our weighscales in the lab, but actually these two weights differ by an infinitesimally minuscule & therefore a negligible amount according to Einstein.