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Re: Physic help
- To: T.L.G.vanderLinden@student.utwente.nl, kgstar@most.fw.hac.com, stevev@efn.org, jim@bogie2.bio.purdue.edu, zkulpa@zmit1.ippt.gov.pl, hous0042@maroon.tc.umn.edu, rddesign@wolfenet.com, David@interworld.com, lparker@destin.gulfnet.com, DotarSojat@aol.com
- Subject: Re: Physic help
- From: KellySt@aol.com
- Date: Sun, 12 May 1996 23:25:59 -0400
> >>f = The fuel factor = (Total mass of the fuel) divided by (mass of the
fuel
> >>that can be converted to energy).
> >
> >Oh yeah. Thats why I never used that table. Strange number. How would I
> >find out what the fuel factor number for any of my fuels is? (Yeah ok you
> >added the equation below, but thats not a big help for someone tring to
use
> >the table.) Or, why would you use the fuel factor in a table?
> I personally find it not a stange number at all, it shows very clear what
> part of the initial mass can be converted to energy (for anti-matter&matter
> mixture f=1, or said differently, all mass can be converted to energy).
True, after you do the calculation, but initself not a very helpfull number.
In this case, its sort of an intermediate step in a calculation, rather than
a usefull result in itself. Also kind of confusing.
> I assumed that everyone who would read my document did know about E=mc^2
and
> thus could calculate it (as you could see the calculation was rather
> straight forward.
Only after you remenber the units of measure that are to be used in the
equation. An exaple WITH UNITS does help a lot.
Kelly