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Originally Posted by ennio
one atom plus another atom equals the atomic mass of both atoms added together in weight.
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Nope. In any nuclear reaction, the two atoms fuse. Since energy is equivalent to mass (as defined by the formula E=MC^2), the total weight is different from a simple sum by the mass of the binding energy.
FIRST HQ has their act together this seasonr.
(Gee... I can't to wait to hear the NEXT response!)
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BTW... "Exploding Bacon" and "Oink, Oink, BOOM!" is IMHO without a doubt one of the coolest team names & cheers I've run across. Nice meeting you guys at Nats. FYI, I'm the guy that earned his very cool Bacon Pin by calling a square dance for your team in your pit area. Everyone up here loves your pin and team name. I hope you do the "earn your pin challange" again this year at Nats. (And this paragraph is NOT a part of this game. I want to see what people do with the above statement.)

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- Keith