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That's pretty much it. Are physical objects essentially clumps of energy, and that energy is measured as mass? And do objects become more massive as they receive more energy through push?
Cody Richeson said:That's pretty much it. Are physical objects essentially clumps of energy, and that energy is measured as mass? And do objects become more massive as they receive more energy through push?
No ot isn’t. It is a property of matter and radiation and that is useful in describing those. It is not even a Lorentz invariant property so it is meaningless to state ”I have X energy”.jartsa said:Energy is physical object that is not a clump, but more like fluid.
Orodruin said:No ot isn’t. It is a property of matter and radiation and that is useful in describing those. It is not even a Lorentz invariant property so it is meaningless to state ”I have X energy”.
Not exactly. Objects gain momentum and energy, not mass, when they are pushed.Cody Richeson said:That's pretty much it. Are physical objects essentially clumps of energy, and that energy is measured as mass? And do objects become more massive as they receive more energy through push?
Cody Richeson said:That's pretty much it. Are physical objects essentially clumps of energy, and that energy is measured as mass? And do objects become more massive as they receive more energy through push?
unix101os said:correct me if I am wrong
would you care to correct me?Vanadium 50 said:You're wrong.
Because the correct formula (already given in post #7) is ##E^2 = m^2 c^4 + p^2 c^2##unix101os said:would you care to correct me?
See post #7 for the correct formulation.unix101os said:would you care to correct me?
Mass is a measure of the amount of matter in an object. It is typically measured in units such as kilograms (kg) or grams (g) using a scale or balance.
According to Einstein's famous equation, E=mc², energy and mass are directly related. This means that mass can be converted into energy and vice versa.
No, mass is not a measurement of energy. Mass and energy are two different physical properties that are related through the equation E=mc², but they are not interchangeable units of measurement.
Yes, mass can be converted into energy through processes such as nuclear reactions or particle collisions. This is known as mass-energy equivalence and is described by Einstein's equation E=mc².
Mass-energy equivalence is used in many everyday applications, such as nuclear power plants, medical imaging technologies like PET scans, and in the production of nuclear weapons. It also plays a role in understanding the behavior of particles in particle accelerators like the Large Hadron Collider.