On Sun, Mar 19, 2017 at 1:27 PM, Eric Walker <eric.wal...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sun, Mar 19, 2017 at 11:46 AM, H LV <hveeder...@gmail.com> wrote: > > CoE would still be true, but there would be no mass into energy >> conversion. Instead the iron would be slightly more massive than iron >> produced by stellar fusion. >> > > This suggestion has the benefit of being falsifiable. If you activate the > Coimbatore heavy iron with neutrons, the de-excitation gammas would be in > the neighborhood of but measurably distinct from those known for iron > isotopes. > > The difference should be detectable as long as all the iron on the Earth was made in the stars. If some of the Earth's iron was made terrestrially in a similar but naturally occurring process the difference will be less detectable. > If the masses of iron and not-iron were identical, and no energy were > released from the reaction, there would presumably be a not-iron <=> iron > equilibrium. > > Eric > You mentioned "not-iron" before but can you clarify what you mean by this term? Thanks. Harry
