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Textbook Solutions for Physics: Principles with Applications

Chapter 32 Problem 3Q

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Problem 3Q

What would an ‘'antiatom."made up of the antiparticles to the constituents of normal atoms, consist of? What might happen if antimatter, made of such antiatoms, came in contact with our normal world of matter?

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Step-by-step solution Step 1 of 2 Concept An atom consists of electrons, protons, and neutrons. So, antiatom must consist antiparticles of fundamental particles like positrons (antiparticle of electron), antiprotons (antiparticle of proton) and antineutrons (antiparticle of neutrons) at their same position like a normal atom.

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Title Physics: Principles with Applications 6 
Author Douglas C. Giancoli
ISBN 9780130606204

What would an ‘'antiatom."made up of the antiparticles to

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