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Did Antoine Lavoisier build upon Cavendish's work?

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Answer

Yes, Antoine Lavoisier built upon the work of Cavendish. Cavendish conducted a series of experiments in which he burned various substances in a closed container and measured the mass of the products. He found that the mass of the products was always the same as the mass of the reactants, which led him to conclude that mass is conserved in chemical reactions.
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