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Originally Posted by JohnD
Ro,
No else has tried, so I'l have a go.
The mass to energy route goes down the entropy hill, as do all natural processes, and releases a very large amount of energy.
While it is possible to push it back up, that also requires a LOT of enregy, and thanks to the inherent inefficiency of energy transformation, a whole lot MORE energy. So it will happen rarely and only when special steps are taken to do so.
Try Googling for "mass into energy" to find lots of references.
John
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AH d'oh that makes perfect sense, I asked my gr 12 chem teacher my question during thermodynamics and she didn't know the answer... hope her pHd wasn't earned in that field *gulp*... haha but thanks for that, makes total sense... arg why didn't that come to my mind