- NEW!
by Quirkie on December 9th, 2007
Not really. It isn't helpful to confuse the change of state between solid and liquid with the distinction between matter and energy.
If you look at the mass of a proton, you find that most of the mass is due to the kinetic energy of the constituent quarks. So in fact, it may be that if you go down far enough, there is no such thing as matter ... it's all energy.
by sm00z on December 9th, 2007
Energy is trapped in matter and temperature (frozen) would have little effect on the energy unless we are talking about an ice cube.
by jimbobmickdan on December 9th, 2007
if matter is frozen it is frozen energy, the sub atomic particles are in a frozen state which does not allow them to move so they are in suspended animation until the structure changes.
by Anonymous on November 22nd, 2009
Yes, matter is frozen energy. E=Mc2, remove the meaningless speed of light squared and it means matter and energy are one and the same. At the moment of the big bang, everything was energy, no matter. As the universe cooled, matter was able to form from cooling energy. Therefore, it is essentially "frozen" energy, or energy with very little "energy" in it. Essentially, there is no such thing as matter, only energy, since if the universe were to collapse on itself again, all matter would be converted back to energy again at super high temperatures in one massive black hole, and you would have a big bang situation again, all energy taking up no space.
by Borderlinux on January 28th, 2009
Matter is a subset of energy.
Frozen is a state of matter.
Emotions are a subset of the human experience.
Happiness is a state emotion.
To say matter is frozen energy is like saying emotions are happy human experiences...which would be flawed logic.
by Anonymous on December 9th, 2007
It is compressed energy
by Mickey on October 30th, 2008
Einstein's famous equation relates energy and matter to exactly the same thing: E=MC^2
This equation says that a chunk of matter is strictly energy waiting to be released. It is a form of Ice Cube (so to speak) that once melted produces hundreds of thousands of times as much energy as anyone would have predicted (prior to Einstein).
In this equation:
E is energy
M is mass
C is the speed of light
so the constant factor, C^2, is a huge number. It is a 9 followed by 16 0's (9e16) meters per second squared. Each neutron, electron, muon, tao particle, and so on is an enormous amount of energy frozen.
by Gn0r33 on January 28th, 2009
It doesn't matter.
by Yarnlady is happy every day on December 9th, 2007
Certainly not. What you think of as matter is actually energy that moves so fast it seems to be solid. If you could focus your mind properly, you could actually walk through so called matter(like a wall), because you are mostly made up of fast moving energy also.
Someone verify this for me please...
by Benjamin_M on May 1st, 2011
| 1 person likes this
How much radioactive material can spill into the Pacific Ocean before the ocean is polluted? Not enough nuclear reactors in the world?
by RosieGHM Jetpacker on April 4th, 2011
| 3 people like this
What conditions can change the half life of a certain radioactive element?
by Rakhitha91 on January 13th, 2011
| 1 person likes this
What happened to string theory?
by yhtomit91 on January 3rd, 2011
| 1 person likes this
Is the Ironman arc reactor technology possible?
by AhimsaDas on March 18th, 2011
| 1 person likes this
You're reading Is matter frozen energy?
Your favorite Q&A site is on Facebook! Become a fan to connect with the ever-growing community of Answerbaggers, share your thoughts and find out what Answerbag's up to next!
Comments