Do you believe that Einstein's theory is totally true?

Question

when Einstein said that mass can be converted into energy!! as a chemist i believe this must be wrong. because any material has its atoms connected together into molecules through bonds, these bonds to be broken need energy, so the atoms will be released with evolution of energy as heat, light or radiation.

for example burning wood.

[if a body reaches light velocity some of its energy will be converted to mass]. i found it's hard to believe such a thing coz energy as (photons) can't be converted into mass (atoms)

Answer 1

This aspect is very well verified.

In fact, relativity does not state that matter can be converted to energy but that matter and energy have an equivalency.

For instance, in a particle accelerator as you push more and more energy into a particle it does not continue to go faster and faster with respect to our rest frame, but instead gains mass. Of course, in its own rest frame its mass is just the same.

The issue is that there is no preferred reference frame. Day to day we ignore this completely, and this leads to the confusion. We measure everything with respect to the rest frame of the Earth - or more specifically our little bit of it.

The equivalency rears its head even at the finest level. The quarks that make up protons and neutrons actually have a rest mass that is only about 5% of the mass of these particles. The rest of the mass comes from the energy of the quarks as they are bound by the strong force.

Converting mass to energy in a given frame is more complex, because this is fundamentally a quantum process and so quantum rules must be followed - it cannot just "happen". But when this occurs, yet again the equivalency applies and the loss of m units of mass gives mc^2 units of energy.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

You can rephrase that every mass has an equivalent energy. But weather we can convert all mass in to energy is questionable.

Gaining mass when you go fast ( close to c) is all rubbish. No evidence to that. It doesn't make sense and not a good explanation for the limiting speed ( speed of light)

Answer 4

What is the conflict between what you say about chemical bonds and relativity???
Convertion from mass to Energy doesn't mean loss of Atoms,bonds or particles It means loss of mass .this appears in loss of mass of
particles in the Atom's nucle due to Binding Energy.
a particle is totally converted to Energy when it toutch itsanti-Particle which is a particle has the same mass and opposite charge but the same charge magnitude.

Answer 5

burning wood is not at all an example the mass of the ash and co2 is equal to that of the wood
the application is seen in generation of nuclear energy and the sun suposedly releases energy be losing mass

Answer 6

THATS WHAT THIS THEORY SAYS MASS CAN BE CONVERTED IN TO ENERGY.

IN THE CASE OF A BURNING WOOD THE ENERGY IS ALSO EMITTED SUCH AS HEAT AND RADIATION.IN THE PROCESS OF CHANGING WOOD TO ASH, ENERGY IS ALSO USED BY WOOD TO BURN THATS NOTHING BUT THE EXTERNAL ENERGY WE PROVIDE.

Answer 7

as ur a chemist u must know about this also .. every one disagreed with einstein's theory of mass energy equivalence
BUT AFTER THE NUCLEAR WEAPONS ARE INVENTED .. NOW EVERYONE SHOULD BELIEVE IT.
I think u know what a small quatity uranium can do!

Answer 8

I recommend you read A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson. It's an awesome book. He explains it all.

Answer 9

Hmm a chemist who likes to explore theories, yet has time to chat on Yahoo Answers? okey dokey

Answer 10

If it is totally true, it would not be called a theory but a fact ~