Can a piece of matter be turned completely into energy?

Subject: Can a piece of matter be turned completely into energy?

Date: Mon Jan 3 18:16:52 2000
Posted by James Jones
Grade level: teacher/prof School: The Browning School
City: New York State/Province: N.Y. Country: U.S.
Area of science: Physics
ID: 946945012.Ph

Message:


The equation E=mc (squared) seems to imply that a piece of matter can be 
turned entirely into energy.  But is it true that this is not possible even 
in theory because to do so would require turning its anti-particle into 
energy too

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