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This question is just out of curiosity, but have you ever wondered if there exist other essential components besides energy and matter?
Rodney Flores said:This question is just out of curiosity, but have you ever wondered if there exist other essential components besides energy and matter?
Rodney Flores said:Well, for example, what make E=mc^2 possible? What makes energy so unified with mass. As well as were does the tide turn, when do you know that mass isn't mass and is now energy and what connects this notion? Thats what I am asking, do you believe a "third leg" exists? One that borders energy and mass.
Rodney Flores said:So, what your saying is that what energy and mass have in common is the conservation law, which is true for both cases, and is therefore what unites them? I see... well alright, the conservation law makes it madatory for energy and mass to be conserved, I understand that but what makes it possible, what makes the transition possible? (Moridin: thanks for posting the websites, I found the cern page most enlightening :) )
Rodney Flores said:Could you explain the last statement in more detail?
Energy and matter are two fundamental components of the universe. Energy is the ability to do work, while matter is anything that has mass and takes up space.
E=mc², the famous equation by Albert Einstein, explains the relationship between energy and matter. It states that energy and matter are interchangeable and can be converted into one another.
Energy can exist in many forms, such as thermal, electromagnetic, nuclear, and chemical. Matter can also exist in different states, such as solid, liquid, gas, and plasma.
No, our universe is also filled with dark matter and dark energy, which are invisible and not fully understood.
The law of conservation of energy states that energy cannot be created or destroyed but only transferred or transformed from one form to another. Similarly, the law of conservation of matter states that matter cannot be created or destroyed, only rearranged. Therefore, energy and matter are conserved in the universe.