[WildTurkey]

last time I checked, E=MC2 did not apply to low-end electron-based chemistry

Interesting that you would think that the laws of conservation of mass and energy apply to the nucleus but not to the electrons ...

http://nuclearweaponarchive.org/Smyth/Smyth1.html

[King Prout]

a quick scan does not indicate anything about exothermic chemical reactions converting mass into energy or endothermic chemical reactions converting energy into mass. I'll do a more thorough read later.