What would happen to an element if the polarity of it's Protons and Electrons were reversed?

Question

What would happen to an element if the polarity of it's Protons and Electrons were reversed?

Answer 1

GREAT SCOTT IT WOULD DESTROY THE UNIVERSE *goes in to time machine and stops this question from ever being made*

Answer 2

Physicists were able to discover the antiproton and positron in the previous century, which are identical to protons and electrons except with an opposing charge and magnetic moment. These particles belong to a group known as 'antimatter', which include other members as antineutrons and others.

The positron and antiproton are stable, but typically have a short life time as they are very likely to collide with their proton and electron counterparts in annihilation. In fact that is how PET (position emission topography) scans work- they look for gamma rays given off by position-electron annihilation events to evaluate bloodflow and spot possible cancer sites.

So far I don't think an element have been produced composed of pure antimatter, but you can read up a bit more about the potential possibilities.

Answer 3

the entire universe would collapse.


kidding.

nothing would happen. The + and - signs we use are just for convention. if they were opposite, yet all rules still applied, nothing would happen.

Answer 4

the net charge would remain the same... so nothing