Question

What is the law of conservation and what happens when two substances at different temperatures come into contact.

Answer 1

Answer:

- Both energy and matter cannot be neither created nor destroyed.

- An equilibrium temperature will be reached.

Explanation:

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In this case, the law of conservation is applied to both matter and energy, and it states that both energy and matter cannot be neither created nor destroyed. Specifically, in chemical reactions, it states that in closed systems, the mass of the reactants equals the mass of the products even when the number of moles change. Moreover, for energy, if two substances at different temperatures come into contact, the hot one will cool down and the cold one will heat up until an equilibrium temperature so the energy lost by the hot one is gained by the cold one, which accounts for the transformation of energy.

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