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From: procter@ucbvax.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.physics
Subject: Re: Building a Hydrogen atom, etc...
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Date: Sat, 5-Nov-83 03:58:27 EST
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	Actually, when a Hydrogen atom is created, I believe there 
is a small loss of mass.  Consider a free electon and a proton.  If 
the electron becomes bound by the proton then a photon is emmited.  
The energy of the photon corrosponds to the loss of mass of the 
proton-electron system.

					steve procter