In a chemical reaction, there must be the same number of atoms in the product side as there are on the reactants side.

True Or False ?

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In a chemical reaction, there must be the same number of atoms in the product side as there are on the reactants side. 
  
True Or False ?

anonymous · Answer

True

anonymous · Answer

If there were not, where would they go?

jhonyy9 · Answer

sorry but i think is false

jhonyy9 · Answer

- so if i have understood it right

anonymous · Answer

not atoms of product as atoms of reactant, but there are the same number of atoms on the reactant side as there are in the product side. u may have 1 atom of Na and 1 atom of Cl which makes 1 NaCl, but that's still 2 separate atoms

anonymous · Answer

you can not create or destroy matter, so the # must be the same.

anonymous · Answer

FlyersMania14 is absolutely correct. Atoms are the basic building blocks in a chemical reaction. However, in a nuclear reaction an atom is split, or in the case of fusion, atoms are combined (but that does not apply here).