Antimatter

               

              Matter and Antimatter were both formed in equal amounts when there was The Big Bang. Matter consists of molecules which have atoms and atoms have subatomic particles (electron, proton and neutron). Antimatter as the name suggests it is something which is against the matter. Antimatter also has molecules in which there are atoms. But, here comes the reason why they really are called antimatter. Unlike matter, antimatter has positrons (positively charged particles) instead of electrons, anti-protons instead of protons, anti-neutrons instead of neutrons. All the particles of antimatter have equal and opposite charge and mass but the difference comes in its quantum numbers.

              Antimatter was found in 1964 by James Cronin and Val Fitch. This was the basic info on antimatter. Let's come to the interesting part - What if antimatter were to collided with matter? When antimatter collides with matter it forms pure energy, neutrons and Gamma radiation. Pure energy is either kinetic energy or potential energy. Small amounts of antimatter is used in medicines by which they react with matter producing gamma radiation by which we can construct images. Is there an antimatter universe? The answer is beyond science. We may or may not find a whole universe made of antimatter but i think we can one day make a universe of antimatter. 

              If antimatter produces pure energy then why can't we use them as fuels? Just so as you know there were limited antimatter in the starting of the universe an those too were annihilated (complete destruction) by the matter. Only a few antimatter were left. Now, you might think why can't we create them on our earth. The creation of antimatter might be way too expensive. But other than that if you still manage to create a whole planet of antimatter you can still use it as a fuel. In fact antimatter is the most expensive thing on the earth which costs about $63 trillion a gram. And a gram of antimatter can explode like a nuclear bomb.

             Why is antimatter too expensive? The answer is very simple, it is due to the explosive nature of antimatter and also to make and position particles in antimatter. The antimatter can be stored in a container of no matter (vacuum) or in a container containing combined forces of magnetic and electric fields called penning trap. Can antimatter be used as bomb? Yes, definitely but expense is notable. 

              What if antimatter collided with a black hole (new blog coming on black holes)? Suppose if antimatter collided with black hole, the antimatter will stop at black hole's event horizon and nothing will change. Now, let's suppose I threw a ball on the antimatter. The antimatter will annihilate matter and release energy. But as you know nothing not even light can escape black hole, so the energy will be absorbed by the black hole making the black hole even bigger.  

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