质量守恒定律是自然界普遍存在的基本定律之一。

质量守恒定律：任何一种化学反应，其反应前后的质量总是不会变的。但是，一个物体在作用时需要在密闭的环境下，质量才会相同，若是在大气中，质量会变重，是因为与空气结合。

化学反应因没有原子变化，质量总是守恒的（无论是动质量还是静质量）。根据道尔顿的原子说，化学反应只是物质中原子的重新排列，反应前后原子种类及数目不变，又每个原子有固定质量，所以反应前后总质量不变。具体来说，化学反应里面，物质的元素数目无论在反应前或反应后，都是一样。化学反应中的质量守恒包括原子守恒、电荷守恒、元素守恒等几个方面。

The law of conservation of mass or principle of mass conservation states that for any system closed to all transfers of matter and energy, the mass of the system must remain constant over time, as system mass cannot change quantity if it is not added or removed. Hence, the quantity of mass is "conserved" over time. The law implies that mass can neither be created nor destroyed, although it may be rearranged in space, or the entities associated with it may be changed in form, as for example when light or physical work is transformed into particles that contribute the same mass to the system as the light or work had contributed. The law implies (requires) that during any chemical reaction, nuclear reaction, or radioactive decay in an isolated system, the total mass of the reactants or starting materials must be equal to the mass of the products.