E = MC squared The energy output of 1 pound of gasoline is equal to: 1 pound of water 1 pound of salt 1 pound of water 1 pound of pepper 1 pound of paper 1 pound of cement 1 pound of aluminum 1 pound of jet fuel etc etc Is the above correct?
E = MC squared The potential energy of mass. Mass is not defined. So I assume 1 pound gasoline has the same potential energy as 1 pound of lettuce.
Oh sorry, over my head. I can’t imagine 1 pound lettuce has the same energy as 1 pound of gasoline but maybe @Spooz Top 2 can come on this thread too and tell me what an idiot I am.
There is chemical energy you get when you burn food or gasoline, the chemical reactions release energy. A pound of gas has way more chemical energy than a pound of lettuce. But the nuclear mass-energy of both is the same.
Highly doubt it. The "theoretical potential energy" of any mass of substance = the total energy released from breaking all chemical and sub-atomic bonds. Varies widely from one substance to another. (In the explosion of a nuclear warhead, all of that energy is released while only a small percentage of the sub-atomic bonds are broken.)
It is not an equation you would use for some school project, as it has no practicality. These are a part of Einstein's Field Equations. They have zero use for this world. They had a use for basic science through the 20th century, sure. But both his general and special theories of relativity? Nah, leave them alone. Invent a levitating toothbrush. That would be WAY better. Oh man, what peeps here could do with levitating toothbrushes!