Is Matter Conserved when Steel Wool Burns?

The IRON (Fe) in steel wool reacts with the OXYGEN (O2) in the air in a mesmerizing reaction that changes the mass in unexpected ways.
In this video:
Iron Wool Reaction with Oxygen
5 Types of Reaction
Evidences of Reaction
Isopropyl comparison to Steel Wool

Other Combustion Reactions
Why does fire put out fire? (Part 1)

Why does fire put out fire? (Part 2: Notes)

Can MARSHMELLOWS be cooked with a WHOOSH BOTTLE? PART 1 (and other whoosh bottle experiments)

Exploding Balloons and Flammable Clouds! In Depth Whoosh Bottle Investigation (PART 1)

Exploding Balloons and Flammable Clouds! In Depth Whoosh Bottle Investigation (PART 2)

Lots of Experiments Playlist

[FCWW]

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[bananawithproblems]

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[nilebrixton]

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[cliffx]

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[NoobsDeSroobs]

Updraft, loss of mass through ejection due to heat, impurities and carbon being burned off leaving iron. This accounts for the lower mass, but the increase due to oxidizing is a little delayed so the increase goe up after all mass is lost due to the above mentioned reasons.

[raspberrycherryman]

The electricity going through the steel wool making it burn looks like tiny lightning and is awesome

[robertbower]

The flame heats the air around the balance that is why the mass seems to decrease at first. But the mass is actually not decreasing.

[leonidaslopez]

POV: when the emoji movies getting deleted😂 0:34

[PSwayBeats]

There might be some kind of coating on the outside of the steel wool that burns away first

[Nerdy_guy.]

Looks like when the sun goes away and explode and the the blast creates a fire blast and burns all of us alive slowly

[squidnt]

This is an incredible video, very helpful explanations and reasonings for a topic I originally had no interest in. Great job

[XverXDriveX]

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[mutum]

the synthesis and decomp demonstration really hit home....

[taraschumacker]

Steel wool boy is now a steel wool MAN

[McAlisterJoshua]

Great explanation. Thank you so much for making this video. I will use it in my science class.

[trollmcclure]

ok but does wool warm up when absorbing moisture or it's a myth made to sell more wool?

[angelalaws]

Love the dramatic soundtrack. And the googly eyes… ;) (BDL)

[toddmullaney]

This is weird I never would have thought that mass could be added through combustion

[mr.grilly]

Steel wool boy looks godly with fire spreading around him

[kriegenjoyer]

NOOO STEEL WOOL BOY YOU WERE MY BROTHER