True: Matter (atom) cannot be created or destroyed in a chemical reaction; it is

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True:

Matter (atom) cannot be created or destroyed in a chemical reaction; it is rearranged. The number of each different elements remains the same. Yet, after the reaction, an element may link to one element that is different from the one it links to before the reaction. That is, during the process of chemical reaction, some old bonds are broken and some new bonds are created. A chemical reaction creates compounds different from reactants.

Again;

A chemical reaction does not create or destroy matter (or atom), it simply moves electrons from one atom to another, but does not change the nucleus of the atoms. The total mass of the matter remains a constant in any chemical change. The total mass of the matter can change during a nuclear reaction, the mass loss can convert into energy, which is called the nuclear power. So we can say that a nuclear reaction creates/destroys matter, if we define matter only as its mass.

Explanation / Answer

True or false?

During a chemical reaction no atoms are created from energy or are converted into energy.

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