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   On Sunday, April 8, 2018 at 12:17:56 PM UTC-6, Libor Striz wrote:   
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   > Gary Harnagel  Wrote in message:   
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   > > 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.   
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   > Rather E = sqrt ( (mc^2)^2 + (pc)^2)   
      
   Yes, I should have said E = gamma*m*c^2.   
      
   > Total mass of particles decreases,   
   > while total energy and both momenta are conserved.   
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   > The total kinetic energy is increased by the same decrease of   
   >  total invariant energy, equivalent to the mass decrease.   
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