2006-06-21 10:59:04 · 7 answers · asked by vidnate09 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry
Unless you are referring to matter, e.g, atoms, being converted into pure energy, the only way any form of matter can completely disappear is if it is what is known as a virtual particle produced from vacuum fluctuations in space, which immediately disappears without any affect on the surrounding matter or space
2006-06-21 11:54:37 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
You are not really meaning Atoms but; you are referring to virtual particles that due to quantum fluctuations appear and disappear out of and into the void....
Virtual particles are not atoms they are subatomic particles. The best known and most renown virtual particle is the Photon...zillions of them just poop up out of nowhere (now that be the Void) and get reabsorbed.
There are certain specific rules regarding how long a virtual particle can stick around in our reality (known as the field). Generaly the greater the mass or energy a virtual particle has the sooner it most dive back into the void, unless it get absorbed by another particle at that moment the particle that emitted the virtual particle loses some thing (energy, angular momentum, etc) and the particle that captures gains something....so the net result is 0 (0=no more virtual particle).
It is possible that a virtual photon can how so little energy that it can hang around forever (in theory) (not for infinite amount of time; but till the end of the Universe)...that is why electromagnetism i(which is mediated by photons) is considered an infinite force. Gravity is another infinate force!
2006-06-21 14:07:22 · answer #2 · answered by Master Quark 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Atoms do not phase in and out of existence. Don't be silly.
2006-06-21 11:27:14 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Atoms do not pahse in and out of existance. Matter can neither be created or destroyed.
2006-06-21 11:22:27 · answer #4 · answered by xox_bass_player_xox 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Watch "What the Bleep Do We Know?" That shall answer your question. Peace out.
2006-06-21 11:03:21 · answer #5 · answered by Pearl Prynne 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Entropy?
2006-06-21 11:34:57 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
whoa where did you hear that? I would like to investigate for myself, sounds neat! :)
2006-06-21 11:24:26 · answer #7 · answered by ♫ ♫ 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋