Re: E <=> MC^2 generally ...and also inside living things!

From: Eric Gisin (ericgisin_at_graffiti.net)
Date: 08/11/04 

Date: Wed, 11 Aug 2004 13:45:32 -0700

"Harry Conover" <hhc314@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> "Duane C. Johnson" <redrok@redrok.com> wrote in message
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> > Energy mass conversion still happens even at this small scale.
>
> It has never been observed to happen. In any chemical or biochemical
> reaction, the mass of the reactants alway precisely equals the mass of
> the reaction products.
>
The mass change is probably too small to measure. Since chemical reactions are
millions times less powerful than fusion, chemical mass change is in parts per
billion.

I believe it is electrons that gain mass at higher energy levels.

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