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mass balance  

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  • A mass balance, also called a material balance, is an application of conservation of mass to the analysis of physical systems. By accounting for material entering and leaving a system, mass flows can be identified which might have been unknown, or difficult to measure without this technique. (Adapted from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_balance)

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