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"Introducing Science" by Alan Isaacs, p.128:
A Gas molecule..has only a tiny mass, therefore the amount of energy required to make it spin like a top is very small - in fact, about the amount contained by an energy quantum. For this reason such a molecule can only spin at certain fixed speeds, any increase or decrease being made in definite jumps; there are therefore certain speeds at which the molecule can not spin.
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..Matter is associated with energy in two distinct forms, that is, energy of motion, called kinetic energy, and stored energy, called potential energy. Each of these two forms of energy contribute to the mass which is the characteristic property of matter. In the case of an electron, part of the mass results from its electric charge (this is the potential energy) and part os contributed by the kinetic energy due to its movement. The greater the speed of movement, the greater the kinetic energy, and consequently the greater the mass. In fact, an electron moving at 99% of the velocity of light is seven times heavier than an electron at rest.
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Posted by dx on 2008-05-05 10:56:23 | Rating: | Views: 33
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