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Is vacuum matter

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Anonymous

∙ 9y ago
Updated: 1/18/2023

In classical physics a perfect vacuum contains no matter.

However in quantum physics the Heisenberg uncertainty principle prohibits such a condition, requiring that even a perfect vacuum must contain particles of both matter and antimatter being continuously created and annihilated, each particle existing for only a very short period of time.

However in the real world creating a perfect vacuum is as impossible as reaching absolute zero temperature. Thus any practical vacuum will always contain very tiny traces of gas.

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Gillian Watsica

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∙ 3y ago

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