joezavala Posted July 11, 2015 Share Posted July 11, 2015 Hey guys, I was wondering, in theoratical terms, if lets say an anti-hydrogen partile would react with the hydrogen atoms in an h2o molecule, revealing the oxygen atoms as the outcome? Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klaynos Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 I'd imagine that the annihilation energy would at least ionise the oxygen, not sure what putting that much energy into an atom would do... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enthalpy Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 The antihydrogen has no reason to react with hydrogen rather than other particles. The antielectron would annihilate with some electron from the molecule (electrons don't belong to a specific atom, at least the valence electrons). Then, the antiproton may react with a proton in oxygen for instance. The emitted gammas are not absorbed by the same atoms, with a high probability. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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