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The combined mass! What grade are you in?

Yes.

No, parts will not excede their original mass after breaking them...their combined mass will decrease.

Thanks again everyone, I know philosophy and physics don't exactly go hand-in-hand, and it was difficult to phrase the question without explaining the theory in whole (which I promise you would have bored you to tears) but I appreciate how helpful and enthusiastic this community has...

Yes, I wouldn't say destroying the mass though...I would say it decreases the mass as the mass is converted to energy. Nothing is ever really destroyed. :)

I agree.

The added energy comes from a chemical reaction in the plastic and this energy is released from the plastic itself...so the mass decreases.

Not with fussion. Here energy is lost as the atoms fuse together but the combined mass from fusion is actually larger. the atoms don't have as much combined weight, but the atoms fuse and have more mass, don't they? I believe this is why the popular way to convert nuclear power in usefull energy...

Yes what "you said" is correct.. I do not understand your reasoning of "how mass is added". I only see talking around "how you would add mass to an object's mass if you break it with you body's energy", how does body energy convert to an object's mass?Mass is converted to energy easier than...

But how?

This is all true. I thought the premise of the conversation was the conversion of energy from work done (from the body) to the mass of an object.My question... "how does the mass of an object "increase" from the breaking or unbinding of these molecules"? If energy from our body is converted to...

How does energy or work exerted from a person change to mass? If I go running in the park and do not break anything...where does the energy go? Does it just convert to mass somewhere? Am I changing the mass of the earth?

The energy created is from a chemical reaction, The energy comes from the mass of the object. Energy can only be created from mass. If the energy is created from "breaking something" where is the energy coming from? What mass has created the energy?

If you destroy an atom...the mass changes to energy. You cannot destroy energy or mass, you can only convert it back and forth. The mass is changed to energy so...yes mass changes at the atomic level.

If you break something...you will lose some atomic mass in the process (almost nothing but the mass does change) When nuclear fission occurs...mass is exchanged for heat energy.