E=mc2 and British Nobel Laureate Frederick Soddi
English Nobel Laureate (1921) Chemist F. Soddy stated that
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Material mass is converted to energy during the radioactive decay
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It is evident from book
Radioactivity: An Elementary Treatise
("The Electrician " Printing and Publishing, London, 1904)
in the chapter "Anticipations" published in 1904.
In his 1905 paper Einstein also mentioned
About radioactive Radium salts and energy emitted by them.
And gave equation E=mc2
E= energy emitted , m = mass annihilated.
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Ajay Sharma