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New antimatter container
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New antimatter container
Researchers at the Alpha collaboration have developed a more suitable containment method for isolating anti-hydrogen atoms, putting us a step close to understanding the properties of antimatter before it annihilates upon contact with the matter of the container:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-13666892


Out of curiosity, were I, my body weighing at 13 stone made of antimatter, how much energy in joules, or tons, would be released from the explosion? I think my calculations fail because I'm unconsciously lying to myself about my own weight. ^^
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RE: New antimatter container
"Beam me up, Scotty."
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(June 6, 2011 at 3:11 pm)Welsh cake Wrote: Out of curiosity, were I, my body weighing at 13 stone made of antimatter, how much energy in joules, or tons, would be released from the explosion? I think my calculations fail because I'm unconsciously lying to myself about my own weight. ^^

Assuming you're correct then your antibody annihilating with another body would produce as much energy as 88841.28 Kilotons of TNT Great
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(June 6, 2011 at 3:29 pm)Darwinian Wrote: Assuming you're correct then your antibody annihilating with another body would produce as much energy as 88841.28 Kilotons of TNT Great
88 megatons?

That's a big squeak! Confused Fall

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