Hi EARL.

11-Dec-02 21:39:00, EARL TRUSS wrote to DAVID WILLIAMS




 RET> Chemical explosives don't destroy mass either, do they?

They do, even hot water has mopre mass than the same amount (number of
molecules) of cold water.

 ET> It's just a release of molecular binding energy

that energy presents itself as mass according to e=mc^2

 ET> -- a chemical reaction that releases energy in the form of heat.
 ET> I thought the mass was still all there.

yeah, it is, until the stuff cools down or does work :)

 -=> Bye <=-

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