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

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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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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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