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- From: jac@ds8.scri.fsu.edu (Jim Carr)
- Newsgroups: sci.physics
- Subject: Re: E=mc2?
- Message-ID: <10584@sun13.scri.fsu.edu>
- Date: 4 Sep 92 13:25:39 GMT
- References: <10542@sun13.scri.fsu.edu> <6=lnln.raicu@netcom.com> <185lq3INN4oc@smaug.West.Sun.COM>
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- In article <185lq3INN4oc@smaug.West.Sun.COM> Richard.Mathews@West.Sun.COM (Richard M. Mathews) writes:
- >raicu@netcom.com (Eugen Raicu) writes:
- >
- >>I don't see any fundamental differences between nuclei and bed springs.
- >>Correct me if I am wrong about this.
- >
- >I see a difference. In bed springs, all of the constituent parts are
- >the same. Only binding energy changes. In nuclear reactions, it is
- >in general the case that the numbers of up and down quarks change.
-
- For the nuclear reactions under discussion in the original thread, fission
- and fusion, the number of up and down quarks (or protons and neutrons)
- does not change. There is a delayed component that is a result of the
- weak interaction (beta decay), which does change the quark content, but
- contribution to total energy release is quite tiny and the time delays
- can be quite long (years or centuries).
-
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