matter and energy?

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If matter can be converted into energy, what would happen if all matter were converted into energy?

Can energy «subsist» without matter which carries it?

Is energy a “property” of matter or something else?

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BOOM :o

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From and for someone who knows next to nothing about thermodynamics:

  1. Since it takes energy to convert matter into energy, it doesn’t seem possible to convert all matter into energy, since it would imply a loss of energy from the total of all energy, which is impossible. Go here: hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hb … ot.html#c1

  2. Please go here: uwsp.edu/cnr/wcee/keep/Mod1/ … moLaws.htm
    And here: uwsp.edu/cnr/wcee/keep/Mod1/ … ssions.htm

  3. Go here for that: plato.stanford.edu/entries/equivME/

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MATTER IS JUST A MODE IN WHICH ENERGY EXPRESSES ITSELF.

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I think it more probable that matter is a “property” of energy, as I think jjg is saying. The only reason that we percieve it as matter is that we are made of the same “stuff” and we have spent many years believing that what we percieve must be correct. Now the truth is gradually dawning life is becoming far more exciting!

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I thought it was a question of perspective. Or something.

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In the first instants of the big bang, there was no matter persay, just energy. When this energy expanded and was less condensed, then locally the energy density would be reduced and I assume this is when matter such as quarks etc. began to form.

What is energy exactly, and why should there be any to begin with is another question.