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Old 03-11-2004, 10:30 AM   #33 (permalink)
KnifeMissile
 
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Quote:
Originally posted by kutulu
Mass and enery are not conserved during nuclear reactions.
Quote:
Originally posted by saltfish
Assuming there is not an abundance of nuclear reactions inside the body, we do not have to consider this... Nonetheless, you are correct.
-SF
No, he is not! Where do you guys get these ideas from?

During a nuclear reaction, mass gets turned into energy and it always does so at the same ratio, E=mc^2. This is conservation! If you took that energy and put it back into mass, you will get that mass back...
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