However, emission of radiation must be accompanied by a loss of mass, equal to E/mc2, where E is the energy of the radiation and c the velocity of light. E/mc2 is usually small compared with the masses of material.
Contact process: An industrial method to manufacture sulphuric acid. The sulphur dioxide and oxygen is passed over the surface of V2O5 or platinised silica, at about 450ºC.
The sulphur trioxide is cooled and then passes to the absorption tower in which concentrated sulphuric acid is sprayed from the top. Thus, oleum is formed.
SO3 + H2SO4
H2SO4SO2 (oleum)
The oleum is finally diluted to get the desired concentration of sulphuric acid.
H2SO4SO3 + H2O
2H2SO4


