Re: E <=> MC^2 generally ...and also inside living things!
From: G. R. L. Cowan (gcowan_at_eagle.ca)
Date: 08/11/04
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Date: Wed, 11 Aug 2004 08:43:30 -0400
AA Institute wrote:
>
> John Larkin <jjlarkin@highlandSNIPtechTHISnologyPLEASE.com> wrote in message news:<juohh0plrgp8gdtnmidpkm2ei9j40ksctn@4ax.com>...
> > On 10 Aug 2004 05:24:42 -0700, abdul.ahad@ntlworld.com (AA Institute)
> > wrote:
> >
> > >I don't know much about this topic so I'm not going to pretend...
> > >Generally, during detonation of an atom bomb, mass is converted into
> > >energy in accordance with the famous equation of E=MC^2 and I believe
> > >the highest efficiency of conversion of mass into energy in such a
> > >reaction has been observed to be less than 10% (is it 8%?). I have 2
> > >questions in relation to this:-
> > >
> >
> > Nukes don't turn *real* mass (ie, whole particles) into energy, they
> > just shuffle nuclear binding energy around, so efficiency of apparent
> > mass to energy conversion a tiny fraction of a percent. To truly turn
> > mass to energy you should destroy some genuine mass in a
> > matter-antimatter reaction, which is 100% efficient at the
> > emm-cee-squared thing.
> >
>
> Since anti-matter is to all intents and purposes a purely fictitious
> concept...with all due respects to the late Einstein... does E=MC^2
> have any *real* meanings? Is it perceived more as a notional thing
> than a more useful, directly quantifiable equation like, say the
> gravity equation F=G(m1*m2)/r^2, given by the late Sir Isaac Newton?!
No.
--- Graham Cowan
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