Based on the Law of Conservation of Matter, Imagine that you found the ending mass of your
products to be different than the starting mass of both reactants.
Explain how and why there is a difference. Be sure to think about the states of matter for each
component of the reaction.
CH3COOH (aq) + NaHCO3 (s) → CH3COONa (aq) + CO2(g) + H20 (1)
