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Sirveri

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6. photons aren't mass, they're energy, so unless mass is converted to energy, we wouldn't lose mass.

Reply to Orsino (Reply #5)

Sat Jun 15, 2013, 08:34 PM

Jun 2013

Only a few ways to convert mass to energy, one of the ones we do is nuclear fission, and that works due to a difference in binding energy in the resultant fission products.

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Earth radiates photons as it cools. n/t Orsino Jun 2013 #5

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