"EARL TRUSS" wrote to "DAVID WILLIAMS" (11 Dec 02  21:39:00)
 --- on the topic of "Weight"

 DW>But things like chemical and biological weapons don't destroy mass.
 ET>
 ET> That doesn't sound right.  Chemical explosives don't destroy mass
 ET> either, do they?  It's just a release of molecular binding energy -- a
 ET> chemical reaction that releases energy in the form of heat.  I thought
 ET> the mass was still all there.

AKAICT, he was being sarcastic; conservation of mass rules. BTW, I read
someplace that in an a-bomb typically less than 10% of the fissile mass
is converted to energy. Is this right?

Reminds me, say we have an unstable atomic projectile. As we know it
will have gained a certain amount of kinetic energy due to its motion.
But when that atom splits does the resulting energy (of the equivalent
missing mass) have the original kinetic energy added on to it?

 Mike
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p.s. Could you please repost PNU#612? Seems 612 was lost in fido hell.

... Gee, Mr.Wizard... aren't nuclear reactors dangerous?
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