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How does one convert matter into energy?
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<blockquote data-quote="Harte" data-source="post: 195544" data-attributes="member: 443"><p>Obviously, mass naturally converts itself into energy - they call it being radioactive.</p><p>But there are two ways to intentionally convert mass into energy.</p><p></p><p>An atom of an element weighs less than the sum of the weights of the protons and neutrons that make up that atom. For example, deuterium has a nucleus of one proton and one neutron. If you weigh the proton and the neutron and add those weights together, the result is greater than the weight of the deuterium nucleus.</p><p>In other words, even though they are the same thing, the masses don't come to the same number.</p><p></p><p>This difference in the two mass totals represents the energy binding the proton and neutron into a deuterium nucleus.</p><p>This mass is available as energy if you can separate the two nuclear particles. This mass difference, then, is the mass you would plug into the equation E=mc^2 to find out how much energy you can get.</p><p></p><p>Of course, this will blow up part of your city (and yourself) if you want to pretend you could contain that energy and use it for something else.</p><p></p><p>Otherwise, and even worse, the only way to convert mass to energy is to have that mass encounter an equal mass of antimatter, which would result in 100% of all mass in both masses being instantly converted into energy. With that one, you could blow a chunk out of the Earth.</p><p></p><p>But, by all means, give it a shot.</p><p></p><p>Harte</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Harte, post: 195544, member: 443"] Obviously, mass naturally converts itself into energy - they call it being radioactive. But there are two ways to intentionally convert mass into energy. An atom of an element weighs less than the sum of the weights of the protons and neutrons that make up that atom. For example, deuterium has a nucleus of one proton and one neutron. If you weigh the proton and the neutron and add those weights together, the result is greater than the weight of the deuterium nucleus. In other words, even though they are the same thing, the masses don't come to the same number. This difference in the two mass totals represents the energy binding the proton and neutron into a deuterium nucleus. This mass is available as energy if you can separate the two nuclear particles. This mass difference, then, is the mass you would plug into the equation E=mc^2 to find out how much energy you can get. Of course, this will blow up part of your city (and yourself) if you want to pretend you could contain that energy and use it for something else. Otherwise, and even worse, the only way to convert mass to energy is to have that mass encounter an equal mass of antimatter, which would result in 100% of all mass in both masses being instantly converted into energy. With that one, you could blow a chunk out of the Earth. But, by all means, give it a shot. Harte [/QUOTE]
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