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How are energy and mass related?

Updated: 8/10/2023
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In the Theory Of Relativity, Energy and Mass are related by the famous expression E=MC^2 ("E equals em cee squared"). What this means in practice is that mass can be converted to energy, a lot of energy, in a nuclear process such as fusion or fission, as occurs in the Sun (fusion), a nuclear bomb (fusion or fission), or a nuclear reactor (fission). In those cases, actually only a very small amount of the mass of the "fuel" is converted to energy.

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Of course, PE = mgh

m=mass g=gravity h=height

If mass goes up, so will potential energy.

Putting it in readable way-A object with more mass(heavier) has more potential energy(energy stored).

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Using Einstein's E=mc^2 shows that an increase in m (mass) results in an increase in E (energy).

Or if you drop a heavy and heavier object from the same height the heavier one will have greater potential energy. When dropped together they both will reach the ground at the same time but the heavier one will land with a bigger thud because it has more energy.

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Mass and potential energy are not related.

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The mass can slow the object down, which will cause the potential energy to become smaller and/or weaker

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The greater the mass, the greater the potential or kinetic energy.

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