Re: Einsteins Relativity and Chemistry.
- From: Igor <thoovler@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: 4 May 2007 10:04:34 -0700
On May 3, 3:33 pm, Y <yanar...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I have suggested an interesting experiment for chemists regarding the
time dilation effect of Einsteins theories.
Einstein relies on the idea of a 'clock' which is a human mechanic to
support his claims for time dilation.
Does anyone here know about experiments regarding the acceleration of
radioactive decay in elements ?
The theory would work along the principles of time dilation, where it
would be expected (according to relativity) that if two portions of
the same radioactive element were placed in different inertial frames,
the half life of the element would vary between the two portions.
Relativity actually says that the half lives would be the same for
each atom in each frame when observed from that frame. It does also
say, however, that they would appear different for each atom in each
frame when observed from the other frames. This type of experiment
would be extremely difficult to do, so we usually prefer to observe
naturally occuring energetic particles in cosmic rays (such as muons)
versus the same particles produced in the lab. And these types of
experiments have always backed up SR quite well.
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