From: poutnik4REMOVEnntp@CAPITALSgmail.com   
      
   Gary Harnagel  Wrote in message:   
      
   > I don't see how radioactivity could possibly violate energy conservation.   
   > The nucleus loses some mass when a particle escapes.  The new particle   
   > has mass and energy, and it all balances by E = mc^2.   
   >   
      
   Rather E = sqrt ( (mc^2)^2 + (pc)^2)   
      
   Total mass of particles decreases,   
   while total energy and both momenta are conserved.   
      
   The total kinetic energy is increased by the same decrease of   
    total invariant energy, equivalent to the mass decrease.   
      
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   Libor Striz aka Poutnik ( a pilgrim/wanderer/wayfarer)   
      
      
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