Does special relativity imply that mass increases with increasing temperature?

Subject: Does special relativity imply that mass increases with increasing temperature?

Date: Mon Jun 19 15:11:23 2000
Posted by Christopher Neale
Grade level: undergrad School: Unversity of Waterloo
City: Waterloo State/Province: ON Country: Canada
Area of science: Physics
ID: 961441883.Ph

Message:

[note added by MadSci Admin: I think the idea of the question is that atoms (and molecules) are known to move at higher velocities with increasing temperature.]

Re: Does special relativity imply that mass increases with increasing temperature?

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