2006-10-31 18:13:05 · 3 answers · asked by ashil m 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
Lise Meitner and her nephew, Otto Frisch, were conducting experiments in fission--or the splitting of atomic nuclei. [This was sometime in the late 1930s.] In their experiments, they found that the resulting matter after the fission did not have the same total mass as the original nucleus. Where did this matter go? It did not disappear, it was converted into energy. The rate at which matter is converted into energy is given by the ratio E=mc^2. This was the first experimental proof of the famous equation.
2006-10-31 20:19:12 · answer #1 · answered by quntmphys238 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
E=mc^2 is true. it si one of the formula used in designing nuclear power plant.
wherein
E=output energy (Ev)
m= change in mass(AMU)
c=speed of light in vacuum(3*10^8 m/s)
2006-10-31 20:21:54 · answer #2 · answered by minnard m 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I was talking to Schrodinger's cat just the other day , and she swears it's all true!
2006-11-01 02:38:21 · answer #3 · answered by xraygil1 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋