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How much energy is contained in matter with a mass of 1 gram (0,001 kilogram)?

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1 gram of matter contains: 299,792,458^2=8.99 x 10^13 Joules=~21,500 Tons of TNT explosives, which is almost exactly the size of the atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki in WW2. Guest May 17, 2016 #2

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