How would you prove energy has no volume?
2007-04-23 20:52:42 · 6 answers · asked by Professor Small - check myspace 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
Heres a simple proof,
Energy has no mass since mass is converted to energy accoring to Einstein's equation.
so mass of energy = 0
let density of energy = d
so vol of energy = mass/density = 0/d = 0
so, energy does not have volume.
try not to impart complexity in ur assumptions. I know u can ask thousand of question on this proof.
2007-04-23 20:59:04 · answer #1 · answered by s0u1 reaver 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
It's more correct to say a materials have energy, and all materials occupy a finite volume. You see, energy is a property, like mass, momentum and speed, not a material that can be said to occupy space. Your question is like asking how much space does a bullet's speed take up. It makes no sense. It's amazing how many people think energy is a sort of substance, just because mass (a property) is a form of energy, and the word "mass" in english can also refer to an object with mass (like having a cancerous mass in your brain).
2007-04-24 21:59:26 · answer #2 · answered by Dr. R 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You asked a useless question.
The answer is, "You cannot prove a negative hypothesis".
"energy has NO volume"
A negative statement cannot be proven.
Prove that Bill Gates has "no" elves running around his basement. If you see the elves in his basement, then your theory is false. If you don't see the elves, then maybe they're hiding in the closet. And so your theory is still unproven.
Take that as far as you'd like, but you'll run into "infinite regression".
And don't forget Albert Einstein, who showed that energey is equal to mass in his famous equation (E=mc2). If you take that route, then energy is equal to "volume", so: no volume, no energy.
2007-04-24 04:18:41 · answer #3 · answered by SkyGod 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Energy has volume.
Pointing theorem tells us energy density of electromagnetic field. Specific heat is the heat energy per unit volume for one degree temperature rise.
2007-04-24 06:46:32 · answer #4 · answered by Dilip Dey 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
energy? and volume?
well i think what u asked is absurd actually...
i agree vth the above answers
and with the first answer most of all
mass and energy are inter related
BUT mass can have volume energy cant
2007-04-24 05:03:14 · answer #5 · answered by Deranged Soul.. 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
take any expression for energy you care to mention and do a dimensional analysis - you are not left with length^3 so there is no volume.
2007-04-24 04:32:00 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋