Re: mass versus radiation resistance

["John S. Denker" <jsd@MONMOUTH.COM>]

At 10:13 PM 4/9/01 -0400, Robert B Zannelli wrote:
> It would seem then, that the effect of radiation resistance would be
> to cause a LOWER rates of ACCELERATION for charged particles (Assuming
> significant dv/dt) as well as HIGHER rates of DECELERATION for these same
> charged particles as compared to uncharged particles with the same mass for a
> given Force. Is that right?

Yes.

At 09:42 PM 4/9/01 -0500, brian whatcott wrote:

> No.

At 06:09 AM 4/10/01 -0500, brian whatcott wrote:
>
> a dissipative effect is not restorative

I agree radiation resistance is dissipative.  I'm not quite sure what
"restorative" means, but I imagine radiation resistance doesn't "restore"
anything under the usual conditions (low temperature et cetera).

That's why the answer to Bob's question is yes, not no.