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why is antimatter (a kind of molecule) is big that it can be seen by the naked eye, but i can't see it anywhere? and what is antimatter made of?

2007-03-24 21:22:04 · 4 answers · asked by td321123 1 in Science & Mathematics Physics

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The only antimatter that we know of is atomic or smaller in size. The assumption that it could exist in complex molecules is probably not valid. They have found differences in particles and their anti particles besides their charges. Those differences are enough to keep antimatter from ever making up anything more complex than an anti-proton, and explain why there's not as much anti matter as matter in the universe.

2007-03-25 09:29:26 · answer #1 · answered by Nomadd 7 · 0 0

"Antimatter is not found naturally on Earth, except very briefly and in ephemerally small quantities (as the result of radioactive decay or cosmic rays). This is because antimatter which comes to exist on Earth outside the confines of a suitably equipped physics laboratory would inevitably come into contact with the ordinary matter that Earth is made of, and be annihilated."

2007-03-25 04:31:34 · answer #2 · answered by Mr Ale 4 · 0 0

antimatter is not visible to the naked eye. it is a virtual particle such as an electron which has the opposite charge as its matter counterpart. So a negatively charged electron has a positively charged antimatter counterpart, and if you put them together it will release an enormous amount of energy, far more efficiently than any nuclear weapon.

2007-03-25 04:36:59 · answer #3 · answered by terenceloughran 2 · 0 0

anti-matter are particles which correspond to matter particles but only differ in charge. They have the same mass but opposite charges. For example, an anti-electron (positron) and an anti-proton could form an anti-hydrogen atom in the same way that an electron and a proton form a normal matter hydrogen atom. When matter comes in contact with anti-matter they destroy each other.

2007-03-25 04:30:58 · answer #4 · answered by Harsh D 2 · 0 0

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