To: The_Victor
The photons have a momentum, not a mass.
Anyway, the windmill/lightbulb doesn't really have much to do with photon momentum, it has more to do with differences in temperature on the vanes and the gas molecules inside the bulb.
64 posted on
03/16/2006 12:11:20 PM PST by
Netheron
To: Netheron
The photons have a momentum, not a mass. But in order to have momentum, mass is required. Photons have no rest mass, but since they are never at rest, they have a measurable mass, even if that mass is purely associated with it's velocity.
72 posted on
03/16/2006 12:20:47 PM PST by
The_Victor
(If all I want is a warm feeling, I should just wet my pants.)
To: Netheron
differences in temperature on the vanes and the gas molecules inside the bulb.The bulb is supposed to be pumped down to a vacuum.
74 posted on
03/16/2006 12:23:48 PM PST by
The_Victor
(If all I want is a warm feeling, I should just wet my pants.)
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