Is that thing possible?

Question

Is it possible to create mass out of energy i.e. something out of nothing?

Answer 1

Not quite out of nothing, but virtual particles appear in matter/antimatter pairs out of the vacuum, exist for a tiny moment of time, then disappear through mutual annihilation. So "empty" vacuum is not quite empty but has an energy of its own. So that's mass created from energy. Also, particle accelerators add enough energy to particles so that when they collide, new ones are created.

Answer 2

Energy isn't nothing. Eintein's theory of relativity states that energy and mass are interchangeable (i.e. the same).

Plants use energy to create mass all the time..it's called photosynthesis. Actually, it doesn't make mass out of nothing...it uses the nutrients in the soil and water in conjunction with sunlight (energy) to create mass.

Burning wood or coal (fossilized organic matter) releases energy from mass created by photosynthesis.

When we eat the plants, we convert some of the mass back into energy.

Answer 3

Under Einstien's theory, E0=mc^2, it can be said that mass is a form of energy referred to as "rest energy." Certain nuclear reactions "create" mass out of energy as energy changes from either a kinetic, thermal, or radioactive energy into a rest energy.

Photosynthesis is not an example of this as the energy from the sun is stored as chemical potential energy in the bonds of the sugar molecules, no extra mass is "created."

Answer 4

At least our present understanding of Physics provide enough evidence to support conversion of Energy into Mass and Vice-Versa.

Energy can be converted into matter and vice versa, although both energy and matter continue to exhibit rest mass throughout any such process (thus in a closed system, conversion of matter to energy or energy to matter makes no difference in the system mass). The equation E=mc^2, mathematically derived independently by Albert Einstein and Henri Poincaré reflects the equivalence between mass and energy. This equation states that the liberated active energy (light, heat, radiation) that is equivalent to a unit of inactive matter is enormous. This can be witnessed in the tremendous energies liberated by a nuclear bomb. Conversely, the mass equivalent of a unit of energy is minuscule, which is why loss of energy from most systems is difficult to measure by weight, unless the energy loss is very large. Examples of energy transformation into matter (particles) are found in high energy nuclear physics. However, all energy in any form exhibits rest mass, even if it has not been converted into new particles. However the equation first created by Albert Einstein and Henri Poincaré is no longer considered to be correct, it was however, close in explaining one aspect of quantum energy, cenetic energy.

Answer 5

Check out the links below.

Proton and antiproton, both are masses. What happens when they collide? What happens to the energy realesed then?

you require a very large amount of energy to create mass. Energy required to light up a whole city, if transformed into mass, would create a mass of size of a grain.... Interesting... That means if a grain iscompletely transfromed into energy, it can power up an entire city....

Answer 6

well am not a quantum physicist. But basically you are asking if e=mc^2 can be read both ways. I think the answer is YES.

I think on a sub atomic level science has proven that this is possible. But generally the universe tends towards a state of uniform distribution of energy and it is the natural process of converting mass to other form of energy (radiation for example) that is easier to distribute uniformly.

Answer 7

ENERGY ISN'T "NOTHING"!!! Mass is energy. Massive particles can indeed be created from massless energy sources, such as high energy gamma rays (photons - massless bosons). This is a fundamental idea in quantum field theory. I saw "eating" and "photosynthesis" referred to in some other answers as examples of energy-to-mass conversion, but that's bullshit. All these processes do redistribute mass that is already present and transfer electronic binding energy from one place to another.

Also simply accelerating an object increases its mass. This is routinely observed in particle accelerators. As a particle's speed increases, it requires more and more energy to increase its velocity by a given amount, i.e. increases in kinetic energy result in less than expected (classically) increases in velocity. Since kinetic energy is determined by mass as well as velocity, this may be interpreted as a conversion of kinetic energy into mass, according to the relation:

m = (gamma)m0

where m is the observed mass of a high-energy particle as measured by a "stationary" observer, m0 is the rest mass, and (gamma) = (sqrt(1-v^2/c^2)^-1

Answer 8

Hi. The atomic bomb that was dropped on Hiroshima converted 3 grams of mass to energy. To make three grams of mass you would need the same energy as was released in the explosion.

Answer 9

Energy and mass are interconvertible.Energy can neither be destroyed but it can be converted from ne form to another.Same is true for mass.You can convert energy in mass(Potential energy is the form)
It is not the case of something out of nothing.It is something out of something

Answer 10

Mass is energy, everything is energy.
E=MC2 (Energy=mass x speed of light squared)