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According to the law of conservation of mass, what can be said about mass in a chemical reaction?
Mass can neither be created nor destroyed in a chemical reaction
What did Lavoisier and other scientists observe regarding the composition of compounds according to the law of constant proportions?
Compounds have the same elements in fixed proportions regardless of the source
What important concept did John Dalton provide regarding the nature of matter?
Atoms are the smallest particles of matter
Why did Lavoisier and Proust conduct experiments with solutions X and Y? What were they trying to determine?
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What is the significance of the law of constant proportions in chemistry?
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What did Lavoisier and Joseph Proust observe about compounds according to the law of constant proportions?
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Who postulated the idea of Parmanu, the smallest particles of matter, in ancient India?
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What did Democritus call the indivisible particles that he proposed in ancient Greece?
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Which philosopher mentioned that particles obtained from dividing matter cannot be further divided?
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In what era did ancient Indian philosophers discuss the divisibility of matter?
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What did Antoine L. and other scientists become interested in by the end of the eighteenth century?
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Which ancient philosopher associated with Indian philosophy elaborated on the doctrine of Parmanu and its combined form existence?
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