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	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Forwarding equivalence class
		A Forwarding Equivalence Class (FEC) is a term used in Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) to describe a set of packets with similar or identical characteristics which may be forwarded the same way; that is, they may be bound to the same MPLS label.
		Equivalence of categories In mathematics, an equivalence of categories is a relation between two categories that establi...
		Equivalence of matter and energy An equivalance between the mass and enery of matter is quantified by the relationship p...
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Forwarding-equivalence-class (277 words)

	Law of conservation of matter Summary
		Conservation of matter, therefore, implies that matter can be neither created nor destroyed--i.e., processes that change the physical or chemical properties of matter (such as change of state, from a solid to a liquid to a gas) leave the total mass of matter unchanged.
		When such "matter" is converted to "energy" (gamma rays in the case of positrons and electrons) it still retains its mass, in most senses of the word "mass" (see mass in special relativity).
		The "matter" which is said conventionally to be converted to "energy" (heat and light) in these processes, is the part of matter represented by the mass of nuclear or electromagnetic fields which are present in, and contribute to the mass of, the nuclei of atoms.
	www.bookrags.com /Law_of_conservation_of_matter (1507 words)

	Binding energy Summary
		All matter in the universe is composed of atoms.
		At the nuclear level, the nuclear binding energy is derived from the strong nuclear force and is the energy required to disassemble a nucleus into free unbound neutrons and protons.
		At the atomic level, the binding energy of the atom is derived from electromagnetic interaction and is the energy required to disassemble an atom into free electrons and a nucleus.
	www.bookrags.com /Binding_energy (2681 words)

	The Six Semiosic Predicates - Taborsky
		The architecture of this transformation of energy into informed matter is semiosis or codification, which operates within a series of ontological and epistemological cuts that increase the asymmetrical gradients of energy which are then mediated or 'sewn back together' by complex semiosic relations.
		Energy encoded in present time can be understood as a 'packet' of energy with a high degree of freedom as to its nature when 'cooled' or constrained.
		Matter encoded by the predicate 2-2, which provides a morphic form operative in external space and in perfect time, can be also encoded as 1-1, which provides a morphic form operative in internal space and in present time.
	www.library.utoronto.ca /see/SEED/Vol3-2/Taborsky_3-2.htm (6077 words)

	Law of Conservation of Matter - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Law of Conservation of Matter breaks down for nuclear processes, where the equivalence of matter and energy, and hence conservation of energy, applies.
		Law of Conservation of Matter: During an ordinary chemical change, there is no detectable increase or decrease in the quantity of matter.
		It is practical to use energy as a measure of matter.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Law_of_Conservation_of_Matter (626 words)

	Basic Applied Science
		The intensity of energy released is a function of the temperature of the radiating surface.
		Conduction consists of energy transferred directly from molecule to molecule, and represents the flow of energy along a temperature gradient.
		Convection involves the transfer of energy by means of vertical mass motions of the medium through which heat is transferred (horizontal transfer is called advection).
	www.sgha.net /articles/blat.html (1685 words)

	Formation of the elements/Nucleosynthesis in the early universe
		The matter present was in the form of electrons, positrons, and a very small concentration of protons and neutrons (about 1 part per billion).
		In a way, this means that the energy present in a system is spread out among particles in such a way that the population of molecules at different energies doesn't change, even though the molecules themselves are constantly changing energy levels.
		In the early universe the key reaction was the collision of a proton and a neutron to form a deuterium nucleus (an isotope of hydrogen).
	aether.lbl.gov /www/tour/elements/early/early_a.html (1612 words)

	Matter is consciousness
		Matter precedes intelligence; the latter must be explained in terms of the former which may be dead, though subject to purposeless forces.
		All this is related to the flow of energy into and through the organism from external physical sources, and to the felt needs of its body and the supply through its physiological and behavioural activities.
		These states of the release of energy are quantum transformational jumps with all kinds of possibilities; the mystic altered states of consciousness, harmonise the awareness of that individual, as in some ways his awareness alters the subatomic structure of which he is made up of to the deep structures we referred to above.
	www.purifymind.com /MatterConsciousness.htm (17560 words)

	sciforums.com - Matter/Energy Equivalence
		Statements such as "matter is just concentrated energy" are misleading and not technically true.
		Matter have two relations with energy - E = mc^2 and E = mv^2/2.
		Thus mass simultaneously produce and suppress energy, the two processes are in a state of equilibrium.
	www.sciforums.com /showthread.php?t=15862 (248 words)

	Expanding Matrix and the Unification of Dynamics, A Physics Treatise Reexamining Fundamental Assumptions about Energy, ...
		The fact that an object acquires energy by elevating it in a gravitational field should raise the question as to where that energy is coming from.
		The progression of this wave is such that as energy transforms outwards there is a particular wave-shell which is the convergence of energy greater than the matrix energy (outwards) and less than the matrix energy (inwards).
		The outward moving energy is spacelike and interprets as spacetime or the gravitational field.
	members.tripod.com /Exmatrix/Part_1.html (3573 words)

	Mass
		One of the consequences of the equivalence of inertial mass and passive gravitational mass is the fact, famously demonstrated by Galileo Galilei, that objects with different masses fall at the same rate, assuming factors like air resistance are negligible.
		includes the thermal energy, which depends on the temperature of the object, and is related to the random motion of the atoms or molecules of which the object is composed.
		Energy, unlike mass, is always conserved in special relativity, so, roughly speaking, what is happening in these reactions is that the rest energy of the reactants is being transformed into the kinetic energy of the reaction products.
	www.dejavu.org /cgi-bin/get.cgi?ver=93&url=http%3A%2F%2Farticles.gourt.com%2F%3Farticle%3DMass%26type%3Den (2976 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: The Law of Conservation of Energy
		Such energy, whilst existing in many forms, is considered especially in two generically distinct states known as kinetic energy, or energy of motion, and potential energy, or energy of position.
		Potential energy, on the other hand, is exemplified by a wound-up spring, or by the bob of a pendulum when at its highest point; as the bob swings upwards its velocity and kinetic energy continuously diminish, whilst its potential energy is increasing.
		Energy is also recognized in the heat of a furnace, or the fuel of the same, in explosives, in an electric current, in the radiations of the ether which illuminates and warms the earth.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/05422a.htm (6273 words)

	NOVA \| Einstein's Big Idea \| The Equation Today: Quantum Contemplations \| PBS
		The field equation relates the contents of energy and matter to the dynamics of space-time.
		Matter and energy curve space-time, and the space-time curvature makes matter move.
		String theory tells us that matter is like vibrating spaghetti when you get down to very small length scales and that everything, including space and time, emerges from the vibration of these strings.
	www.pbs.org /wgbh/nova/einstein/toda-alexander.html (1365 words)

	Einstein’s Light Energy-Mass equation (L = c2Dm) contradicts the law of conservation of matter and energy, and ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The very first idea of mass- energy inter conversion was given by Fritz Hasenohrl that the kinetic energy of cavity increases when it is filled with the radiation, in such a way that the mass of system appears to increase before Einstein’s work [1].
		But the law of conservation of matter (matter can neither be created nor be destroyed but can be changed from one form to other) holds good in all the circumstances.
		Energy may be coexisting in different forms (heat energy, light energy, sound energy, electrical energy, chemical energy, atomic energy etc.) under different conditions.
	www.mrelativity.net /Papers/8/Sharma2.htm (4724 words)

	physics - Mass-energy equivalence
		Mass-energy equivalence is where mass has an energy equivalence, and energy has a mass equivalence.
		E = energy equivalent to the mass (assuming that it is at rest) (J)
		With the concept of mass-energy equivalence, we combine together the conservation of mass and the conservation of energy, allowing mass to be converted to other forms of mass or to a form of energy, and energy to be converted to other forms of energy or a form of mass.
	www.physicsdaily.com /physics/Equivalence_of_matter_and_energy (224 words)

	sciforums.com - Matter Theory Conflict
		The Law of Conservation of Matter (Lavoisier) states that in a chemical change, matter can neither be created nor destroyed, but only changed from one form to another (or that the mass of the reactants equals the mass of the products).
		The equivalence of matter and energy was formulated in the early 1900's and should be regarded as more correct than the conservation of matter (since basically it states that matter is not conserved and we know that this is the case).
		However, the law of conservation of matter seems to apply in some cases, which is in low-energy (non-relativistic) systems where not enough energy is released to form new particles.
	www.sciforums.com /showthread.php?t=9522 (850 words)

	Law of Conservation of Matter - Open Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The Law of Conservation of Energy basicly states that energy cannot be created or destroyed, but can change its form.
		The Law of Conservation of Matter (or Conservation of Mass, the terms are used interchangeably) states that:
		The total quantity of matter and energy available in the universe is a fixed amount and never any more or less.
	www.open-encyclopedia.com /Law_of_Conservation_of_Matter (174 words)

	The Bible Is a Textbook of Science - Institute for Creation Research
		As a matter of fact, one could assume, if he wishes, that all existence is illusory, a disease of mortal mind.
		And, since energy really includes everything, even matter, in the physical universe, it is as certain as anything can possibly be, scientifically, that no creation of anything is now taking place in the universe, under the normal conditions which science is able to study.
		Energy tends to become less available for useful work, and the process can only be maintained by a continual influx of fresh energy from outside the system itself.
	www.icr.org /home/resources/resources_tracts_tbiatos (3362 words)

	Conservation of Energy and Thermodynamics
		t is possible to identify the development of the idea of energy conservation in the nineteenth century with the confluence of three traditions: a medieval tradition linking motion and mechanics; a tradition of correlated forces with roots in the Enlightenment; and an engineering tradition, unique to the nineteenth century, that linked heat and mechanical work.
		By 1850, the formulation of the law of conservation of energy allowed researchers to reject the supposition of anomalous or diverse forms of matter (as separate imponderables) in favor of an even more reductive concept of matter, composed of nothing but particles in motion.
		In 1824, Sadi Carnot's theory of heat engines, a study of steam and the efficiency of steam engines, identified the temperature difference in an engine as the crucial factor in the generation of work; work was generated by the passage of heat from a warmer to a cooler body, heat being conserved in the process.
	www.victorianweb.org /science/cons.html (784 words)

	Einstein and the nuclear energy
		In his article of 1905 Einstein proved that matter and energy are identitcal.
		In other words, matter and energy are two manifestations of the same entity.
		In contrast, to evaporate the water of Lake Balaton in June approximately 5 g of matter has to be perfectly transformed into energy.
	www.npp.hu /tortenelem/Einstein-e.htm (246 words)

	Discover Magazine
		And physicists who smash atoms together have witnessed the conversion of energy into matter--"virtual" photons that flit in and out of existence just long enough to spawn the particles of exotic matter routinely observed in particle accelerators.
		This occurs because the total energy of the particle, which includes its mass, may exceed that of the photon, just as a truck moving at 60 miles per hour may have more total energy than a sports car traveling at 70.
		The reaction is the reverse of the usual matter- antimatter annihilation: the blaze of energy becomes matter.
	www.hep.princeton.edu /~mcdonald/e144/discover.html (682 words)

	Meaning of Life Giving HOPE offers Distant healing, Reiki Classes and Education
		While researching the nature of energy and matter at the subatomic level, physicists were surprised to learn that the observer's thoughts actually affected the behavior of the particles.
		This may sound complex, but the simple meaning is that energy and matter are affected by one another.
		The interplay between our spirit (energy being) and physical body and mind is how we create what we experience as "Life." Our thoughts are energy and energy affects matter.
	www.hope-giving-life.com /MeaningofLife.html (846 words)

	McGraw-Hill AccessScience: Sample Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		He also proposed the equivalence of mass and energy, which enabled physicists to deepen their understanding of the nature of the atom and explained radioactivity and other nuclear processes.
		This indicates the enormous amount of energy that is stored as mass, some of which is released in radioactivity and nuclear reactions, for example in the sun.
		These are slightly decreased by the mass equivalent of the binding energy that holds their molecules together.
	www.accessscience.com /Samples/Biography (2213 words)

	LIGO Hanford Observatory News
		The quantum theory--the laws describing the microscopic world of atoms and their constituents--and relativity theory--the laws of how space and time and matter and energy behave, are the two main pillars of modern science.
		Matter, energy, space, time and gravity are intricately braided together, always and everywhere.
		The mere presence of matter in space should cause light to move through space like it was moving through a cosmic window glass distorted by bubbles and defects.
	www.ligo.caltech.edu /LIGO_web/0503news/0503han1.htm (1536 words)

	The Equivalence of Mass and Energy (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)
		This is significant because it emphasizes that mass-energy equivalence is not a consequence of a theory of matter; it is instead a direct consequence of changes to the structure of spacetime imposed by SR (see Section 3, Derivations of Mass-Energy Equivalence: History).
		This minority holds that the numerical equivalence of mass and energy is not sufficient to conclude that the two properties are the same.
		According to Zahar, energy in pre-relativistic physics occupies a distinct "ontological level" from matter primarily because the former is regarded as dependent on the latter, but not vice versa.
	plato.stanford.edu /entries/equivME (5150 words)

	Conservation_of_mass (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The '''law of conservation of mass''' states that the mass of a system of substances is constant, regardless of the processes acting inside the system.
		An equivalent statement is that matter changes form, but cannot be created or destroyed.
		The law of conservation of mass fails for nuclear processes, where the equivalence of matter and energy, and hence conservation of energy, applies.
	goc.subdomain.de /Law_of_conservation_of_mass (161 words)

	Alternative Medicine and the Laws of Physics (Skeptical Inquirer September 1997)
		Instead, it is claimed that the patient's "energy field," "qi," or "aura," is "smoothed" by the hands of the therapist or shifted from one place to another to achieve balance.
		The energy field is said to extend several inches outside the body, and the patient's field interacts with the field of the practitioner.
		It would seem to be a simple matter to examine a field that can be felt tactually, or that affects the motion of a pendulum, but so far no one has claimed to detect the energy field with any instrument that is not hand-held.
	www.csicop.org /si/9709/park.html (2995 words)

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