Four Basic Principles

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There are four (4) basic principles that can be used to describes all chemical concepts. To explain a concept, one can utilize one or more of these principle.

Kinetic Molecular Theory (KMT)
Definition: All substance are made up of Particles (basic units) that are in constant motion (therefore has energy) and sometimes they interact.

Conservation of Mass
Definition: Mass can not be gained nor lost in a physical process or chemical reaction. A more simple def is Mass is conserved.

Conservation of Energy
Definition: See above Conservation of Matter definition and replace mass with energy (including Einstein work)

Coulombic Force (those are my words, real name is Coulomb Law)
Definition: Same charge particles repel, different charge particles attract.


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